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#1: Definitely agree, I'm surprised I don't hear this more often. #2: ...Make him code using the same tools he would use in the position he is applying for....
by mattyb 17y ago
#1: Definitely agree, I'm surprised I don't hear this more often.
#2: ...Make him code using the same tools he would use in the position he is applying for....
What sort of tools is he referring to? I've always been given free reign on my work box, and I put what I want on it. It has to be interoperable, of course.
#3: Good idea, but why leave and come back? Why not just have them talk you through it? I much prefer interactive interviews.
#4: Make sure their personal website doesn't have a link to their Google Apps verification page.
http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/google50f905a7cdbdd588html/ http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/google50f905a7cdbdd588html...
- lhorie 17y ago>> What sort of tools is he referring to? I assumed he meant languages, frameworks and other things in a project that can't be swapped out as easily as, say, text editors.
- Periodic 17y agoIt has to be pretty basic, as you obviously can't give him all your production frameworks and libraries to work with. A reasonably competent program will be able to create reasonable code without the perfect environment. You probably don't need a full IDE and heavily customized desktop with test and development staging grounds and SCM just to write fizzbuzz.
- lhorie 17y agoDepends on your environment. I'm often asked if I'm familiar with Joomla | Wordpress | <insert PHP framework here>. For a lot companies, their entire infrastructure is a stack open source software and I don't think it's unreasonable to ask if someone is fluent in, say, LAMP.