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How to screen candidates with phone interviews
October 25, 2006 –
Joel has another great post on phone interviews. He focuses on asking questions on programming skills and office politics, with an emphasis on putting forth incorrect assertions and seeing if the interviewee pipes up. “Smart programmers have a certain affinity for the truth, and they’ll call you on it.” He also gives a list of [...]
Building a Culture for Recruitment
September 06, 2006 –
The conundrum that the people you want to have working for you are rarely the ones who are available on the job market.
CrunchBoard - Another Job Board for the Tech Industry
August 04, 2006 –
TechCrunch, a notable blog about start-ups, has created a forum for high tech job postings. It’s targetted towards software / web2.0 start-ups, as you can see from the categories: Admin/Office, Design, Executive, Other, Product, Programming, Sales/Marketing, Venture Capital.
They’re charging companies $200 to post a job listing. It’ll be interesting to see if this takes off, [...]
Emurse.com online resume builder
August 01, 2006 –
It looks like there’s a pretty slick web app on the market at emurse.com.
The blog looks like it’s under active development and the feature list looks complete:
Create resumes using expert advice and an easy to use builder
Style your resumes and download in DOC, PDF, RTF, ODT, HTML or Text
Manage multiple resumes.
Make changes simply and easily.
Send [...]
How to Interview a Programmer // The Curmudgeon Coder
June 21, 2006 –
Admittedly the author’s original title was “How to Interview a Java Programmer” but I thought it was applicable to any kind of programming job.
what is a bit and a byte
primative data types and their sizes
data structures (Map, Set, List, Array, Tree, Graph, Stack, Queue)
basic OO terminology (polymorphism, encapsulation, interface, inheiratance,
overloading, overriding, pass by referrence, object, [...]
The Art of Recruiting, Part II // Guy Kawasaki
June 17, 2006 –
Guy Kawasaki is hosting a really good article describing how to run handling interviewing for a tech company. The best point I tihnk it makes is find out how your best interviewers are and have them interview everyone. “Best” in this case is “measured by the retention rate and the eventual performance of the people [...]
How to Hire Talent // Life of a Software Program Manager
June 17, 2006 –
lifeofaprogrammanager talks about some of the issues involved with hiring talent. Here is my take on his suggestions from the interviewee's point of view:
Evaluate Problem Solving. Given a problem where you don't know a solution, how do you go about solving it? When you're in the interview chair this can throw you for a loop [...]
Hiring: The Lake Wobegon Strategy // Official Google Research Blog
June 11, 2006 –
This is on the flip side of what I usually cover on the Career Search side of things, but it talks a little bit about Google's philosophy when hiring new employees.
New hires have to be better than the mean of the existing employees (so that the mean is always increasing or at least staying level, [...]
Bloggers Need Not Apply — why you’ll fail the job interview because of your blog
May 27, 2006 –
This is an interesting article on blogs from the point of view of people who are interviewing candidates. They talk about how blogs can be easily found by doing a search on the candidates name and how some candidates clearly mention their blog in their resume.
Be prepared for interview questions
May 02, 2006 –
When going on job interviews, keep in mind that if it is on your resume, then they will ask you questions about it. Have a friend with a similar technical background take a superficial glance at your resume and say what stands out. During the interview process you will most likely have someone who is only glancing at it and will only ask the questions that most readily jump out.
Peter’s New Jobs and BrainHunter — Finding Work in Ottawa
April 26, 2006 –
I've been trying out Peter's New Jobs for a week and I'm very impressed with the service.
A tool designed for job searchers
Currently monitoring over 8,000 web sites, we scan each site, identify the NEW jobs that have been just posted since the previous day, record the link and job title and package them into a [...]
Brainhunter.com list of engineering job skills
April 26, 2006 –
When you set up an account on BrainHunter.com, this is the list of "engineering skills" you can choose from.
ANSYS
API/ANSI
APQP
ASIC
ASIC Design
ASIC Verification
ATM
ActiveX
Aerospace Industry
Air Photo Interpretation
Airborne Geophysics
AutoCAD
Automation / Controls
Automotive Industry
BiCMOS
Bidding / Quoting / Estimating
Budgeting / Finance
Building / Construction / Commissioning
C/C++
CAD/CAM
CATIA
CMOS
Cadence Design Tools
Chemical Engineering
Civil / Structural Engineering
Computer Automated Design / Drafting
Contract Experience
Core Logging / Field Mapping
DSP
Datamine/Arcview/Geolog/Geosoft
Design Engineering
Documentation / [...]
Interview Planner - Job Interview Advice from Monster.com
April 25, 2006 –
Hilights:
Keep supplies on hand for delivering your resume to employers.
Have the following with you for an interview:
contact information for the people you will be meeting
directions on how to get there
copies of resume
list of references
questions to ask the employer
paper for notes and a pen
comb, breath mints, tissues
Have two basic interview wardrobes and keep them in tip-top [...]
Don’t Talk Too Much - Job Interview Advice from Monster.com
April 25, 2006 –
One of the most interesting points they made is that they way you really make an impact on the interviewer is with the questions YOU ask THEM.
Don't Talk Too Much - Job Interview Advice from Monster.com
The 10 Commandments Of Salary Negotiations
April 25, 2006 –
Research your profession's salary range.
Select a target salary or total pay.
Don't initiate salary discussions.
When asked for your salary requirements, say that they're "negotiable."
When asked for your salary requirements, reply by asking the interviewer to share the position's salary range.
Discuss benefits separately from salary.
Analyze [...]
Writing code in interviews - The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing - Joel on Software
April 24, 2006 –
Some signs of a good programmer: good programmers have a habit of writing their { and then skipping down to the bottom of the page and writing their }s right away, then filling in the blank later. They also tend to have some kind of a variable naming convention, primitive though it may be… Good [...]
List Of References - Boston College
April 24, 2006 –
Tips for creating a list of references.
List Of References - Boston College
techInterview - puzzles and interview questions
April 18, 2006 –
techInterview - puzzles and interview questions
this site is about challenging yourself to new puzzles and problems. do not be afraid that if a question you use appears here then it won't be worth asking anymore. first, people who come to this site to read the problems are the type of people you want to hire. [...]
LinkedIn - social business networking
April 17, 2006 –
LinkedIn: Home
LinkedIn is a social networking (a la Friendster, MySpace, Hi5, etc etc) except for business contacts. It went around the company I worked for like wildfire when weird got out that out that our satellite office was being closed down. It looks like it could be a very good resource for collecting recommendations and [...]
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