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@stahnma What I’ve learned interviewing more than 200 people face to face Michael Stahnke Director of Engineering Puppet, Inc

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Michael Stahnke Puppet, Inc Director of Engineering @stahnma

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@stahnma The stories

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I’ve interviewed…a lot

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I’d like to break this down into actionable chunks.

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Preparation

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What are you hiring for?

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No, really, what are you hiring for?


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Why are you hiring for it?

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If you got one hire all year, would this be it?

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How do you measure success in this role?

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Scorecard

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Outcome based objectives

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Write a job description

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Purpose of each interview

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Screening process? 
 
 
 HR, or hiring manager or both?

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Summary

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What type of interviews will you have?

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How many?

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Who will do the interviewing?

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Why is each person doing the interviewing?

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What is a culture interview?

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Any sort of pre-screen technical challenge/assignment?

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Screen folks

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Talk about pay now.

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You need 3 things to post a job: * JD * Scorecard * interview plan

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Interviews

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Don’t ask dumb technical questions

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This isn’t combat

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DO NOT put more than 2 people interviewing a single candidate

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Strive for answers with substance and specific examples

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Don’t be afraid to cut short answers or redirect conversation

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Give lots of time/options for their questions.

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Don’t ask to do things you wouldn’t do in the job.

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Do work on actual problems.

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Pair, or team up. Work together.

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Not every interview is deeply technical.

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What I’m searching for.

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Did things, or stood near people who did things?

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10 years experience or 1 year, 10 times?

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Don't hire somebody to do the job they've already done

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During the interview

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Use the day. Talk to peers to fill in gaps, etc.

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Questions I love to ask

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What draws you to this company?

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What do you want out of this job you're not getting currently?

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What's difficult about testing/ building distributed systems?

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Career Goals (.e.g IC vs Managment)

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Tell me about a time you pushed back to management

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How does the culture at your current company empower or disempower you?

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What were the traits of the best boss you ever had?

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Describe how you handled a conflict with one of your co-workers.

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What kind of feedback do you expect in this role? How often would you like it?

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After the interview

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Retrospective

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This isn’t democracy, but you can’t pull rank every time.

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Get feedback in writing

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Get feedback from candidate

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Don’t burn bridges

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Summary

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• Preparation is everything. Make a scorecard, make a plan. • Build a team for the interview. Practice. • Hold the interview. Interview for a team member. • Retrospective on the candidate and process. • Make a decision.

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@stahnma cheers. @stahnma

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