num_pages: 219
description: Hiring great geeks forces us to recognize and match culture; non-technical qualities, preferences and skills; and finally, technical skills. Knowledge workers adapt their knowledge to your specific situation, the context. These technical people, our great geeks, are not just the sum of their technical knowledge; they are the sum of both what they know and how they apply that knowledge to the product.Interviewing technical people is difficult because we must assess them on how they use their technical skills to benefit the product, how they manage their work, and how they manage their relationships with other people—in our context. It is not easy.No one is plug-and-play. You need to assess each candidate’s ability to adapt. That ability to adapt knowledge and to innovate makes one developer, tester, project manager, or technical manager different from another. You don’t have the same group as the company down the street. Your geek needs to be different, too. How will you assess the difference among candidates?This book will provide you the tools to help. If you are a hiring manager or part of a hiring team, this book can:• Help you define the problems you have that hiring geeks and/or their managers will help solve.• Help you know what you want a candidate to do.• Help you hire people who can perform the required work well.• Help you screen, evaluate, and hire the right people who fit your organization.• Eliminate the wasted time and suffering that result from having to fire people who should not havebeen hired in the first place.• And, save you time, money and aggravation every time you hire.Here’s the deal: If you want to hire the right people for your team, this book can help you.
language: English
title: Hiring Geeks That Fit
publisher: LeanPub