What I’ve learned interviewing more than 150 people face to face

Ignite talk given at DevOpsDays Chicago 2016, on Aug 31.

Transcript

1. Special set of skills Better than 1 interview every 2 weeks. Much better.
2. Michael Stahnke Puppet, Inc Director of Engineering @stahnma
3. Everybody on said team needs to know exactly what you’re hiring for @stahnma
4. Scorecard and Job Description @stahnma
5. Scorecard and Job Description @stahnma
6. Don’t ask dumb technical questions @stahnma
7. Culture isn’t about hanging out @stahnma
8. Culture is about the way you work @stahnma
9. @stahnma
10. 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
11. @stahnma
12. What do you want out of a role here that you’re not getting at $CURRENTJOB @stahnma
13. What’s difficult about {building, testing, designing, using} distributed systems? @stahnma
14. Tell me about a time you stood up to your management. Did you stop a shipment. @stahnma
15. Tell me the thing you’re most proud of that you worked on. Why? @stahnma
16. env @stahnma
17. Rate the candidate use gladiator thing here? @stahnma
18. The interview (not the candidate) also needs a rating, from you. @stahnma
19. If you mention how hot one of the earlier interviewers was, it’s probably not the place for you. @stahnma
20. The best thing you can do is prepare. Get better. It matters. And don’t forget about Dre. @stahnma