Jennifer Brennan, Associate Director of Next Generation’s highly successful IT Recruitment division spoke at Entrepreneurs Anonymous Last Tuesday event the 30th of August on how to hire great candidates. Her presentation focused on personality and technical areas in an interview.
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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