Creating a Technical Interview that Doesn't Suck

A Meetup Talk by Brooks Patton

But First...Who Am I?

Technical Team Lead at Health Scholars

Worked in the IT industry for over 14 years

Including contracting at NASA as a systems administrator

Live-coding projects and fun visualizations on Twitch.tv

Objectives

  • Determine what you are really looking for in a new hire
  • Create a code challenge that is fun and informative
  • Run a technical interview and answer if this candidate is someone you want to hire (technically)

Before we get started

Determine what you are really looking for in a new hire

Determine what you are really looking for in a new hire

Specific Problem

General Problem

  • Devops
  • Scaler
  • Mentor
  • ...
  • You have more important things to do than you have time to do them

Determine what you are really looking for in a new hire

We rarely have specific problems that require a specialist

Determine what you are really looking for in a new hire

Create a code challenge that is fun and informative

Create a code challenge that is fun and informative

Create a code challenge that is fun and informative

Create a code challenge that is fun and informative

Create a code challenge that is fun and informative

Create a code challenge that is fun and informative

Rubric

  • willing to ask for help
  • takes feedback
  • describes closures
  • solved 3 or more problems

Run a technical interview and answer if this candidate is someone you want to hire (technically)

Recap

  • Determine what you are really looking for in a new hire
  • Create a code challenge that is fun and informative
  • Run a technical interview and answer if this candidate is someone you want to hire (technically)

Contact me at

twitch.tv/brookzerker

github.com/brookspatton

twitter.com/brooks_patton

Creating a Technical Interview that Doesn't Suck

By Brooks Patton

Creating a Technical Interview that Doesn't Suck

This slide deck is for the meetup talk at https://www.meetup.com/Node-js-Denver-Boulder/events/ktpcnrybcfbzb/

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