Thursday, June 21, 2007
Interviewing Strategy for Outsourcing
The problem is you want to hire a developer from an Indian outsourcing firm and most of them are babes in the wood (aka freshers) or bullshit artists. What should you ask in an interview?
I highly recommend asking the following questions:
Which do you prefer: manifest or latent types? Why?
What commenting style do you think is appropriate? Why?
What sort of documentation artifacts do you like to produce? Why?
Do you think exceptions are good, or bad? Why?
These questions will tell you a lot. A fresher won't understand many of the questions. A bullshit artist will answer "It depends," and grin "knowingly". Another kind of bad prospect will be opinionated but can't defend their arguments cogently. A good prospect might say, "It depends," and then set up contrasting scenarios.
| | View blog reactionsI highly recommend asking the following questions:
These questions will tell you a lot. A fresher won't understand many of the questions. A bullshit artist will answer "It depends," and grin "knowingly". Another kind of bad prospect will be opinionated but can't defend their arguments cogently. A good prospect might say, "It depends," and then set up contrasting scenarios.
