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>"what's the coolest project you've worked on?" This is the first question I ask followed by, "What's the worst project you've worked on?" The answers are pret
by Clubber 3y ago
>"what's the coolest project you've worked on?"
This is the first question I ask followed by, "What's the worst project you've worked on?" The answers are pretty insightful.
- tonyarkles 3y ago100% yes. The reaction to that question will tell you a ton about a candidate.
- rgblambda 3y agoThat's a pretty good one. Tells you what their idea of a bad project is and how much professionalism they can maintain while describing it. "They made developers write unit tests!!!" vs "There were some personality clashes which unfortunately impacted on the team's ability to collaborate effectively".
- transitorykris 3y agoA huge amount of information can be uncover with “tell me about the highest performing team you’ve been on? Lowest performing?”
- tonyarkles 3y ago“Ok, so the schema control tool we were using generated XML that SVN had a hard time merging correctly. We ended up with so many broken commits that we invented the Lock Rock. It was a rock that I picked up in the parking lot and you were only allowed to commit schema changes if you were in possession of the rock.”
- thechao 3y agoI'm trying to install a webhook in TeamCity to send a notification to Slack whenever anyone across 16 time zones commits to specific paths in a Perforce depot. I'll happily trade for your rock.
- tonyarkles 3y agoMy new product idea: ~LockRock~ Mutex As A Service! Only $3/month/user subscription!