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Michael Stahnke
August 31, 2016
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What I’ve learned interviewing more than 150 people face to face
Ignite talk given at DevOpsDays Chicago 2016, on Aug 31.
Michael Stahnke
August 31, 2016
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Special set of skills Better than 1 interview every 2
weeks. Much better.
Michael Stahnke Puppet, Inc Director of Engineering @stahnma
Everybody on said team needs to know exactly what you’re
hiring for @stahnma
Scorecard and Job Description @stahnma
Scorecard and Job Description @stahnma
Don’t ask dumb technical questions @stahnma
Culture isn’t about hanging out @stahnma
Culture is about the way you work @stahnma
@stahnma
Have a team with focus areas Know what you’re hiring
for exactly Dig deep technical Dig deep culturally Group vote at once Rate your interview Trust your gut @stahnma
@stahnma
What do you want out of a role here that
you’re not getting at $CURRENTJOB @stahnma
What’s difficult about {building, testing, designing, using} distributed systems? @stahnma
Tell me about a time you stood up to your
management. Did you stop a shipment. @stahnma
Tell me the thing you’re most proud of that you
worked on. Why? @stahnma
env @stahnma
Rate the candidate use gladiator thing here? @stahnma
The interview (not the candidate) also needs a rating, from
you. @stahnma
If you mention how hot one of the earlier interviewers
was, it’s probably not the place for you. @stahnma
The best thing you can do is prepare. Get better.
It matters. And don’t forget about Dre. @stahnma