Busy Manager's Guide to Interviewing

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Objectives

What are we trying to do in here today?

Caveats and Assumptions

This talk comes with a few

Antipatterns in Interviewing

What to stay the hell away from

Antipatterns in Interviewing

HR no-nos

Antipatterns in Interviewing

"Manhole covers" and other trivia questions

Antipatterns in Interviewing

"Culture fit"

Antipatterns in Interviewing

Feedback like "I like them"

Antipatterns in Interviewing

Unanimous consensus

Antipatterns in Interviewing

Opportunity cost ignorance

Antipatterns in Interviewing

"Let's hire that last one"

Antipatterns in Interviewing

"I can't define it but I know it when I see it"

What is the problem here?

Thinking about hiring

What is the problem here?

Revisiting first principles

What is the problem here?

Hiring is a bet

What is the problem here?

Hiring is a bet

What is the problem here?

The costs of being wrong

What is the problem here?

TOTALLY Fictitious Examples:

What is the problem here?

The (reduced) costs of being wrong

What is the problem here?

Firing somebody....

... is an admission of a mistake

... on the part of the hiring manager

... and the interview team (but mostly the manager)

(If you're not comfortable admitting mistakes, maybe don't be a manager?)

Targets

What do you want this person to do?

Targets

What do you want?

Targets

Goal: Clear description

Targets

Goal: Clear expectations

Targets

Clear expectations

Targets

Clear expectations

Targets

Clear expectations

Targets

In-session homework! Analyze this:

Targets

Personal thoughts

Rubrics

Prepare the answer key ahead of time

Rubrics

Why?

Rubrics

Rubrics

Rubrics

Creating a rubric

Rubrics

Creating a rubric

Rubrics

Personal thoughts

Rubrics

Example: Humility

Rubrics

Example: Humility

Rubrics

Example: Smart

Rubrics

Major caveat

Rubrics

Calibrating/testing the rubric

Rubrics

Calibrating/testing the rubric

Rubrics

Using the rubric

Evidence

Articulating what you know and/or can discover about a candidate

Evidence

What is "evidence"?

Evidence

Evidence ahead of the loop

Evidence

Resume

Evidence

LinkedIN

Evidence

Website/Portfolio

Evidence

GitHub public repos

Evidence

Google

Evidence

Social media

Evidence

References/referrals (ahead-of-loop)

Evidence

Evidence during the loop

Evidence

Coding tests

Evidence

1:1 Interviews

Evidence

Panel interviews

Evidence

Other activities

Evidence

Evidence after the loop

Evidence

Interview feedback

Evidence

Rubric scoring

Evidence

References/referrals (post-loop)

Decisions

Now that all that's done...

Decisions

By this point...

Decisions

The remainder in the pool

Decisions

Before you decide

After the Hire

Review the process

Summary

Wrapping up

Resources

Where to go to get more

Resources

Books

Resources

Web

Credentials

Who is this guy?