Aside from all the usual: 1. Ask for the references of people he has led. You might get someone to be candid. It's tough though, as you know, most people are afraid of consequences and will be circumspect -- and of course these are the candidate's references so it's likely they will be fiends or very positive co-workers.
2. Go out to lunch with the potential hire and include the person who would be his or her boss. Then see what kind of dynamics you can observe. Oddly enough, people who are great to me (a little too great) as their boss, are often tyrants to those under their authority. 3. Trust your intuition. Usually if I feel there is something a bit odd about someone, there usually is. Hard to present as a rational evaluation to those making the decision however. Unfortunately though, I think the age old trial and error method will be the only way you'll find out. Assuming he or she has the technical qualifications and experience you are looking for, and if he or she has good enough people skills to have been in the lead position in previous situations, chances are their skills will be good enough that they will figure out how to give good answers/impressions through the interview process about their leadership. Only time will reveal issues. Joseph Selbie Founder, CEO Tristream Web Application Design http://www.tristream.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Shaw Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 7:52 AM To: IxDA Discuss Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Interview Questions - For interviewing a team lead/mgr Hi All, I know there's been discussions before about interview questions, but I don't think there's been discussion on this kind. I've got to interview a potential teammate who might end up leading us. I'm curious from those that have been through this as to good questions to ask to get a good indication of what that person will be like to work with, as well as possibly work for. Any guidance would be great! Thanks, David -- w: http://www.davidshaw.info ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
