On Jan 3, 2008 9:17 AM, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Karl Cunningham wrote: > > > 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. > > > While coming up with those written tests can be a very difficult and > tedious task in and of itself, it really does ensure that the person > you're interviewing hasn't simply bullshitted his or her way into the > interview chair. > > The fact that the tests are a requirement to _get_ an interview > interest me greatly; that would likely have saved me a lot of time > (and frustration) when I was trying to hire another sysadmin back at > my last job. There, though, the test was given as part of the > interview, so even if they bombed the test, you still had to go > through the face-to-face. > > Gregory > > -- > Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OpenPGP Key ID: EAF4844B keyserver: pgpkeys.mit.edu > > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > I interviewed with MySQL over the summer for a support engineer position. Their interview process started out with several phone interviews, then 10 questions about MySQL. After that round, then it was 20 more questions sent from a lead support engineer that were very challenging. I took me almost 2 weeks to finish. I didn't get the position because their requirements were for very senior support engineers, but I didn't feel bad about it. I was very impressed with their interview process, and got a bunch of great feedback about my skills and where I needed to go to develop them better. I hope they write a book about the hiring process. If you're a Joel Spolsky fan, he's got a book out too. Haven't read it, nor NFI either. -- Mark Schoonover http://marksitblog.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] perl -e '$_="vhiekcnmebgdpqrdsubcaojd";y/a-x/chartreuse honk Pelt Jar/;print $_.v44;' Give me ambiguity, or give me something else! --kelsey hudson -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
