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Tales from the Whiteboard

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May 17, 2016
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Tales from the Whiteboard

Experiences and observations on recruiting, interviewing, and hiring at a growing startup.

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May 17, 2016

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Transcript

  1. Tales from the Whiteboard Recruiting, Interviewing, and Hiring

  2. Who’s this guy? @tobym First engineer hired at Tapad Company

    recently acquired, still growing Most importantly – have done lots of recruiting, interviewing, and hiring!

  3. Do the basics • No illegal questions

  4. In the beginning • Sell the team and the dream!

    • Essential to get it right and hire self-motivated people.

  5. Those Awkward Years

  6. Recruiting is a long road

  7. Perfect Candidate

  8. Senior Developers • WOW • GROW • PAY • WAIT

  9. What makes a good interview question/process? • Clear, repeatable, respectful

    process • Speed • Remove bias • Remove jitters

  10. Evaluation • Problem-solving process • Communication • Depth and detail

  11. Personality traits • Humble • Intelligent • Clear communication •

    Principles, but not a zealot • Initiative

  12. Observations • Recursion • Spacing

  13. Cleverness • “Collaborative problem solving rings” • Glassdoor