Keep an interview on schedule In my previous post on interviewing TPMs, there was a note in the comments about keeping interviews on schedule. This isn’t the first time people have asked about this topic though, since it is a challenge for any interviewer. You want to make sure candidates have a great experience interviewing. [...]
This post covers the anatomy of a good interview question and is part of my series on effective interviewing. I have already written about planning ahead for interviews, and a key part of that is having good questions. There are lots of sites online with questions you can pull from, it is also good to [...]
In many ways interviewing is an art. You have one hour (more if you count the cumulative interview time) to assess if the candidate has the desired skills; and, more importantly, if you would enjoy working with them. That is a lot of ground to cover! And as if finding out all that information wasn’t [...]
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Nov 2011
When people read my blog, sometimes people email me in response to something I post, or to ask me about ideas. I generally don’t mind this because it makes me think about problems (and like puzzles, solving problems can be a lot of fun), and it allows me to connect with the people who actually [...]
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Nov 2011
Since earlier this summer I have been working on a book chapter for the Architecture of Open Source Applications text book. It is a pretty cool project because there are a lot of great contributors, and all of the profit made from text book sales goes to Amnesty International. My chapter assignment was Distributed Systems, [...]