How To Screw Up Hiring - Kristian Glass - PyCon UK 2018

Hiring is hard to do well, but easy to do badly.

I'm going to tell you about some things you don't want to do,
along with *some* things you can do that are better.

Transcript

1. How to Screw Up Hiring 1/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
2. About You 2/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
3. About Me 3/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
4. Job Ads 4/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
5. Job Ads 5/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
6. Job Ads Remove your terrible requirements 6/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
7. Job Ads Let people tell you what they bring to the table 7/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
8. Job Ads You do not need a degree (Generally) 8/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
9. Job Ads So what do you do? 9/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
10. Take Home Tests 10/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
11. Take Home Tests 11/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
12. Take Home Tests Tell people how to succeed 12/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
13. Take Home Tests Be realistic 13/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
14. Take Home Tests Set boundaries 14/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
15. Take Home Tests Give people something they want to do 15/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
16. Take Home Tests So what? 16/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
17. Interviews 17/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
18. Interviews 18/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
19. Interviews Be Realistic 19/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
20. Interviews Be supportive 20/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
21. Interviews Nobody likes magic answers 21/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
22. So 22/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
23. So Hiring is important 23/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
24. So Stop blindly copying others 24/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
25. So Be thoughtful! 25/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning
26. Thanks 26/26 — Kristian Glass @doismellburning