Linked by Matt on January 21 2011:
Transcript of 37signals podcast "Episode #25: Hiring" now available
Here’s an excerpt where Jason advocates asking general questions during interviews: “One of the good things is just to ask, ‘What did you do yesterday?’ And just kind of see how they explain that. Do they explain it in a very sort of concise manner — like ‘I got to work at 9am and I did this.’ Or did they sort of talk about the problems they solve? Or about the people they interacted with? The more general the question, and the less leading it is, I think the better you can just let someone talk and you sort of see how they describe things. And from that you can discern what they consider to be important and what they don’t.” You can also listen to the episode.
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3 comments so far
Anonymous Coward 24 Jan 11
DHH is a riot …
Sad but true comment of the week.
Aaron 25 Jan 11
I don’t know what quality of people you’ll get if your filter is to try and find people who spend all day applying to work at your company. But they’ll either be desperate or fanboys, likely both.
Hate to say it, but that’s not what made 37 Signals (learn to spell your own company name.) It was hiring DHH and letting him tinker for a year on your static website. He built Ruby on Rails, people were looking for a new language to try, and the rest is history.
Try to picture another David begging for an opportunity to lick your boots, and it will tell you how likely lightning is to strike your company again.
Carrie 25 Jan 11
It was interesting to read the transcript of this episode AFTER applying for a position at 37 Signals.
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