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In the twentieth time about the interview

An insane amount of books, articles, blogs and other containers of information has been written about interviews and hiring employees. But only this information has not yet reached everyone who needs it. Therefore, I would like to once again say a few words about the hiring process.



Why all this? I want to list the main shoals of both parties involved in the employment process in the form of edification and advice not claiming to be true, but being the personal opinion of the author. All items were tested on themselves, that is, most of them somehow got into their own stupidity, or by the mercy of the opposite side. Plus, some situations took place from two sides: both as an applicant and as an employer. Therefore, there is something to compare. Also, some points may seem obvious to the reader and "captain", but, alas, many still do not know about them and do exactly the opposite. As the saying goes: "that which is obvious to you is not obvious to others."



In general, if someone else's experience and rake is interesting, I ask for cat.



In the course of the story mentions real-life companies and personal observations and sensations from interacting with them. I do not have any direct relation to any of them and do not have the purpose to advertise anyone.

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TL; DR In my opinion, an interview / interview (call it what you want) is an exchange of information and nothing else. Each of the parties tells about himself for a certain period of time, reinforcing the words with deeds, if necessary, and makes up his own image in the head of the interlocutor. Reciprocity is often forgotten and it seems that it is from this that all the problems of the employment process grow. It is this thought that will be the basis of everything written below.



First meeting



Usually, it takes the form of correspondence. And already at this stage there are many moments that I want to pay attention to.





First date



It starts with a phone / Skype and, with mutual feelings, develops into a personal meeting.





Candy and bouquet period



Here begins personal meetings of varying degrees of length and insanity.





homework



Test items. They are resorted to when they want to get guarantees that a person is just as good in deed as in words, or when in words everything is bad, but I want to give one more chance.



Interview duration



Very holivar topic, but still I would venture to touch on. We often get a full-time interview. Duration ~ 3 hours. That is, sometimes they finished in an hour, and sometimes 4+ communicate. Yes, it is a lot, but I can’t imagine how you can learn from a person all interesting skills necessary for web development in less time. That is, the purpose of such communication is not only the answer to the question “are we suitable for each other?”, But also an approximate assessment of what tasks a person can be entrusted with in case of a successful outcome, as well as how long it will take him to achieve a team development rhythm .



Lies, brazen lies and statistics



Finally, here are some statistics. Everyone loves numbers, proportions and percentages. That's what it was specifically with us.





I hope you find something useful for yourself. All comments, suggestions, suggestions, additions and, of course, your own stories, opinions and approaches to the interviews please set out in the comments. Thank.



To be continued…

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/314654/



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