Jennifer BrennanAssociate Director IT

How to Hire Great Candidates

1999

2016

Interview: Technical Stack • HAVE THEY BUILT A PORTFOLIO

• HAVE THEY CREATED ANY “STAND OUT” PROJECTS

• HAVE THEY BUILT THEIR ONLINE PROFILE

• HAVE THEY SHOWED A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN

• DO THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS

• DO THEY PARTICIPATE IN HACKATHONS

• REACTION TO BRIEF / SOLUCTION IN REALTIME

Interview: Personality Stack • PERSPECTIVE ON TECHNOLOGIES , POLITICAL ISSUES ETC • COMMUNICATION STYLE

• PREPERATION

• REACTION UNDER PRESSURE

• INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USERS

• HAILO AND HORNS EFFECT

• COMPANY CULTURE AND ETHOS

Your Part As The Interviewer• UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPANY • CAREER PATH

• WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR

• ETHOS OF THE COMPANY

• TRAINING

• PROJECTS OR CHANGES

• TEAM DYNAMICS/SET UP

Type of Interview

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