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The article could as well be called "three wrong ways to hire". I don't understand why academia has long known the right way to hire, but the software industry
by miloshh 17y ago
The article could as well be called "three wrong ways to hire".
I don't understand why academia has long known the right way to hire, but the software industry keeps missing it. The right way is to let the candidates give a 30-60 minute talk about their previous projects, and then fry them with questions that came up in the talk.
Imagine a famous university wants to hire a top-quality math professor. How about asking him tricky high-school math questions for an hour, to see if he makes a mistake? Or how about cutting it down to 5 minutes, since that's enough to assess the "chemistry"? Or, what about choosing only from a pool of contractors that worked with the university before, rather than letting the best ones to apply? Sound stupid? Well, yes, it is stupid.
- dagw 17y agoI would love to see more of those sorts of interviews. I'd probably ask them to give a 30-60 minute presentation on any advanced topic that interests them and that he thought would be relevant for the company.
- troels 17y agoThis still has the weakness of asserting the candidates rhetoric skills, as much as her technical skills. That said, almost any interviewing situation would.