Ben Griswold on January 22nd, 2008

We will occasionally pepper in a few brainteasers at the end of our interviews.  Yes, they are sometimes the you-don’t-bury-survivors type questions.  And then there’s the cube question which I have written about previously.  One of the guys on my team likes to ask “port association” questions.  He gives a port number and the candidate [...]

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Ben Griswold on January 29th, 2007

If I had to guess, I would say I conducted at least 100 phone or in-person interviews last year and all of the onsite interviews followed the same standard format:
1. Three or four lead developers, the interviewee and I sit in a large conference room.
2. Per our request, the candidate spends 3-5 minutes telling us [...]

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Ben Griswold on October 20th, 2006

Before you submit your next job posting, keep the end result in mind. If you are in the market for talented, interesting people who are accountable for producing quality work, you may wish to give your job listing a second look.
Haacked.com discussed the Art of the Job Post today. The article shares where the great [...]

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