Interview - Santhosh
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dennisgorelikSanthosh claims in his resume that he is a Web deveper.
Interview showed that he is probably a web or graphic designer. But not a developer.
He mentioned Javascript, but when I started to talk with him about specific task that could be implemented in Javascript - he quickly gave up.
All people on his team have "Senior System Analyst" title, but from my understanding, Santhosh is a junior at his role.
When describing the accomplishments, Santhosh used word "we". Sometimes "we" meant him, and sometimes "we" meant his team.
Skype audio connection was good (which is not typical for Skype calls to India). That is probably because Santhosh worked (on the bench) from his employer office.
2000 rupees per day ($30/day = ~$700/month).
Unfortunately nothing of what Santhosh can do a meaningful contribution to PostJobFree: we need mostly backend work (middle-tier, parser, SQL queries and database design) or solid UX. Santhosh did not show signs of either of that knowledge.
So I told Santhosh that his skills do not match what I am looking for and asked him if he has any questions for me.
He did not have any questions.
Few minutes later he messaged me:
I should learn to recognize such mismatches much faster.
Interview showed that he is probably a web or graphic designer. But not a developer.
He mentioned Javascript, but when I started to talk with him about specific task that could be implemented in Javascript - he quickly gave up.
All people on his team have "Senior System Analyst" title, but from my understanding, Santhosh is a junior at his role.
When describing the accomplishments, Santhosh used word "we". Sometimes "we" meant him, and sometimes "we" meant his team.
Skype audio connection was good (which is not typical for Skype calls to India). That is probably because Santhosh worked (on the bench) from his employer office.
2000 rupees per day ($30/day = ~$700/month).
Unfortunately nothing of what Santhosh can do a meaningful contribution to PostJobFree: we need mostly backend work (middle-tier, parser, SQL queries and database design) or solid UX. Santhosh did not show signs of either of that knowledge.
So I told Santhosh that his skills do not match what I am looking for and asked him if he has any questions for me.
He did not have any questions.
Few minutes later he messaged me:
Santhosh: Hi is any possibility to give one task related to Ui Ux Design and see if I didn't complete we can drop for further or else we will continue as well Ui Ux/Front-end Development Dennis: I do not have tasks suitable for your skillsThis was a 27 minutes interview.
I should learn to recognize such mismatches much faster.
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Date: 2017-06-26 12:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-06-26 01:12 am (UTC)2) I actually want to interview people even if I reject them, because I learn new things:
- What kind of developers (and other professionals such as business analysts, marketers, sales, product managers, ...) are available and at what price?
- What do we miss in our toolset at PostJobFree?
- What do job seekers struggle with while searching for jobs and how postjobfree.com can possibly help?
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Date: 2017-06-26 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-06-26 03:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-06-26 04:46 am (UTC)2) Not all developers are freelancers.
And even freelancer still may not have a github account.
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Date: 2017-06-26 05:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-06-26 05:27 am (UTC)I cannot afford the best ones yet...
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Date: 2017-07-08 10:57 pm (UTC)Technically, this guy have.
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Date: 2017-07-09 12:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-09 01:45 am (UTC)http://www.sciencesantosh.portfoliobox.net/
no subject
Date: 2017-07-09 04:53 am (UTC)But probably that portfolio was created on the orders of his employer.
Code first
Date: 2017-06-26 01:09 pm (UTC)Also asking the prospects to accomplish a simple coding task even before the interview helped a lot.
You're welcome! :)
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-26 01:34 pm (UTC)Основы надо учить постоянно!
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-26 05:20 pm (UTC)You probably failed your test for some other reason. But who knows.
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-26 05:48 pm (UTC)COALESCE is a very old function and probably predates SQL Server.
Here are discussions from 2003:
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http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25086
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But COALESCE is even older than that.
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-26 05:14 pm (UTC)Few minutes?
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-27 03:02 am (UTC)Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-27 08:48 am (UTC)Time does matter, of course, because developer's time is not free.
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-27 02:12 pm (UTC)Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-27 03:12 pm (UTC)Couldn't 3 minutes technical task suffice?
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-28 06:16 pm (UTC)Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-28 11:14 pm (UTC)During interview the developer can get his questions answered.
What does developer learn from working on that 45-minutes task?
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-29 03:20 am (UTC)Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-29 03:31 am (UTC)How could that skilled developer know that he even wants to work for that hiring manager without interview?
Re: Code first
Date: 2017-06-29 01:25 pm (UTC)And again, my 45 min were made up by - it should take no more than 15 min (and the rule of thumb is to multiply that by 3).