Mark Derricutt's Disturbing Thoughts
IRC "Help Channels" as an interview challenge...
posted Thursday, 2 February 2006
After another evening of incessant newbies clammering for help in various #java channels, an idea struck me.
Instead of asking simple coding questions or setting coding tests during an interview; why not sit them infront of an IRC session and force them to help newbies.
After a variable amount of time, bring the applicant back into the interview room and go through the IRC logs with them:
Instead of asking simple coding questions or setting coding tests during an interview; why not sit them infront of an IRC session and force them to help newbies.
After a variable amount of time, bring the applicant back into the interview room and go through the IRC logs with them:
- Did the help they offer actually help?
- Was it the right help?
- How did they handle repetive simple questions?
- Did they curse?
- Did grey hairs magically grow?
- Did they slap the newbs around shouting "G O O G L E it dumb f**k"?
comments (2)
1. Ed left...
Friday, 3 February 2006 2:06 am
So what would be your disposition if they had a number of "Did they slap
the newbs around shouting "G O O G L E it dumb f**k"?" because for some
people, a smack-down is entrely appropriate! (Oh yeah, it's a good idea
too, real-world problems for people, too)
2. Felyne left...
Saturday, 4 February 2006 11:47 am
Hey can you tell me how I insert a picture here? Someone told me to use
'tags' but I don't know what that means.