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Why you can't be anything you want to be(sean-johnson.com)
141 points by seanjohnson 14y ago|135 comments
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Why you should work for free(sean-johnson.com)
8 points by seanjohnson 15y ago|0 comments
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by seanjohnson 15y ago
Interview street looks fantastic. You probably don't need a system like this for dev hires with a tool like that. And you're right about designers - I look at portfolios more than anything else. This system does save me having to look at re
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by seanjohnson 15y ago
What a screening system like this does in practice is save you from having to look at hundreds of resumes from people who aren't even remotely qualified - the folks who carpet bomb their resume out to anyone. You're the one creating the cri
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by seanjohnson 15y ago
It is binary, mainly because it has to be. You couldn't reliably job out a screening like this if it required the person to understand the nuances of JS, or any other skill requiring domain expertise. But as long as you weight it properly,
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by seanjohnson 15y ago
The point of the system is to enable someone who doesn't have your knowledge to do the initial screening with a high degree of accuracy. The weighting of the criteria is usually what prevents someone from getting tossed for the wrong reason
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by seanjohnson 15y ago
impossible :)
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Always find the best candidates - the 7 minute candidate matching system(sean-johnson.com)
12 points by seanjohnson 15y ago|13 comments
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by seanjohnson 16y ago
That's very clever. Thanks for suggesting - we'll have to try that soon!
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by seanjohnson 16y ago
That's pretty slick man. Nice work!
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by seanjohnson 16y ago
Agree - we primarily do product development, so it's usually relevant for us. I will say we've implemented HTML prototypes for checkout processes in the past with some success as well. Can you elaborate on how you've used them to set scope?
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by seanjohnson 16y ago
Never have - looks interesting though. We'll have to try it out!
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by seanjohnson 16y ago
Haven't been able to convince ourselves to use Comic Sans though :)
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by seanjohnson 16y ago
Totally agree - other than relevant images (the shoes, in this example) we try to avoid using much in the way of color, icons or other design. We use variations of gray shading, unstyled buttons, Helvetica across the board.
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Win customers and improve products with HTML prototypes(digintent.com)
29 points by seanjohnson 16y ago|14 comments