On 1/2/2008 12:21 PM, Alan wrote:
The interviewing guidelines we have at work have an amazing list of
questions we are not to ask, even if they just give a hint at possible
discrimination: "What kind of name is ___", or "Was that a Catholic
school?"
A lot of large companies have training programs for people who are going
to be interviewing. Sticking to just the job when you are asking questions
is never a bad policy.
We give a written test to all applicants, and say so on the job
advertisement. The test has about 20 job-related questions, with several
requiring some basic math to solve. The time it takes the applicant to
complete the test is recorded. If they pass the first test they are
given a second, more difficult test. The ones with the best scores on
both are given an interview.
We figure this puts every applicant on an equal footing and since we
only ask technical, job-related questions it reduces the chance of
discrimination. Somewhere around 90% of applicants are weeded out at
this step so it covers most of the potential discrimination problems.
Karl
--
[email protected]
http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
