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As the CTO of a cloud startup, I did exactly that. Apart from the usual brain-teaser and whiteboard coding, we gave candidates 20 minutes to browse through a s
by Hermel 13y ago
As the CTO of a cloud startup, I did exactly that.
Apart from the usual brain-teaser and whiteboard coding, we gave candidates 20 minutes to browse through a small database project in eclipse. Afterwards, I checked whether they could explain the data structure of that database.
The outcome of this test was a much better predictor for competence than any other technical test. I can whole-heartedly recommend it.
- Eye_of_Mordor 13y agoDoes this mean you recruited some people who couldn't explain the structure and you found they were no good anyway?
- seabee 13y agoSometimes you put less weight on an aspect that deserves more because the candidate showed other skills, 'cultural fit' etc. Sometimes you realise that was a mistake :)