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Re: Brainteasers as hiring indicator (was Re: Bringing "Mental Gymnast" back On Topic)
Subject:Re: Brainteasers as hiring indicator (was Re: Bringing "Mental Gymnast" back On Topic) From:Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:27:56 -0800 (PST)
Brainteasers like the one we've hashed around today
are fun (and f-ing frustrating!), but a better use of
the limited time spent in an interview is discussion
of the real-world challenges that technical writers
face. That might include an assessment of the
applicants' subject matter expertise, familiarity with
technology, work style, whether they use serial commas
(kidding).
If brain teasers ARE going to be used, they better be
1) administered by HR so that they don't reduce the
amount of time the hiring manager spends with
applicants, and 2) be thoroughly tested so that
there's absolutely no ambiguity in the way the
brainteaser can be approached and answered.
Steven Brown
Senior Technical Writer
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