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Seems like this sort of test should be very effective at finding people who are already reasonably good at the job you're hiring for, but gives you little to no
by Tarrosion 12y ago
Seems like this sort of test should be very effective at finding people who are already reasonably good at the job you're hiring for, but gives you little to no information about how quickly they learn, their willingness to try new things, etc.
Given how fast things change, even if you imagine the person staying for only a year or three, learning abilities are nontrivial.
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- davidgerard 12y agoTotally. YMMV. That's why you look for stuff on the CV like willingness to experiment, play with OSes at home, "describe your home network", etc. This doesn't replace the interview, it just verifies claimed competence and helps show thinking ability.
- UrMomReadsHN 12y ago"Describe your home network" is an interview question now? Jeez, guess I shouldn't leave my job, I'll never get another one. I am going to go ahead and challenge the assumption that your willingness and eagerness to learn on the job is not really correlated with how you spend your time outside your working hours.
- davidgerard 12y agoI mean as extra points that help the candidate look interesting. It's like the "other interests" section on a CV: you should treat it as an opportunity to market yourself and add a hook to catch the interviewer's interest.
- jpindar 12y agoI think it's an excellent question. Not because a candidate needs to have something special about their network (although if they do, that's a plus and a chance for them to talk about their interests) but because if they can't describe something they own, why should anyone think they will have the communications skills to describe something they're going to be working on?