Something I do sometimes is just say "Talk to me about <X>. Pick a feature and explain it" where <X> being some skill/concept/technology/etc that either their resume claims their strong in or the position is for and see how that goes.
Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Skills assesments for new hires We have a set of standard questions on major technology areas to cover some base theory. Unless the employee is junior, we'll then take the candidate through a scenario, asking them how they'd design a solution using whatever their strongest technologies are, to see how they'd approach it and what things they need to consider. As Andrew says, you can usually find out in the first 5 minutes who the duds are. Cheers Ken From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Skills assesments for new hires They weed themselves out within 5 minutes after they begin answering the following question: "What was the most recent major project that you were involved in and considered a success..." Based on what they say, other questions will naturally arise that either confirm their story or sink their battleship. -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone ________________________________ From: "Raper, Jonathan - Eagle" <jra...@eaglemds.com> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 01:20:02 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: OT: Skills assesments for new hires Hi all, Just curious what, if any, tech skills assessments you all use in the hiring process to assist you in weeding out unqualified candidates. Thanks in advance, Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com<BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com<BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
