Wrong Answers

[ichijo_akari]

Interviewing candidates for job openings is an interesting process. Now that I'm a lead, I go into the interview with expectations above and beyond what I used to consider, since I know exactly what I'm looking for to fill a spot

Comments

[gearhead]

...good god...

The Crunch,

[durodragon]

I'm sure you're beginning to notice the lack of qualified candidates. XD;

The tech sector, in it's myrad forms, is taking a shalacking in terms of head count. Far fewer technical graduates these days, and the well is only going to get drier.

Re: The Crunch,

[ichijo_akari]

Sort've... there's typically no shortage of applicants for entry level positions. It's the Senior ones that can be pretty rough to fill. The problem is a lot of the Junior level applicants are just not very good, graduate or not. =P Some of the worst candidates I've ever seen were PhD grads.

-Akari

Re: The Crunch,

[davin]

One thing I know from working the tech sector of Atlanta is that by and large the key thing people are looking for is practical experience. Hit the ground running, get the job done, set off as few fires as possible during your learning curve.

Honestly, what I'm hearing more and more is that if my coworkers had known how "useful" their technical degree would have been in the industry, they would have gone for a degree in business management so that they'd have a head start on being an IT manager.

Re: The Crunch,

[gearhead]

I know that while I was working on my first degree there was a really, really nasty subculture in the academic department. The professors seemed to be more or less intent on kicking just about anyone out who wasn't something of a mindless drone.

You'd spend your class periods listening to the prof natter on about orange groves and trees and crap and then get a test full of buggy code to correct.

[shachihoko]

It seems ridiculous, but ... did somebody actually use those words in an interview? o.O

[ichijo_akari]

To the letter, yes!

[shachihoko]

Ruri's dealing with a different tribe of idiots at the moment, so we'll have to settle but the slow and steadfast approach for your almost-resident bakas.

My tolerance for idiots has been ... a little short lately.

[sensei256]

Wait, wait,.. "for the win"? Oh my God. I don't think any of our candidates have been that bad. :(

Best of luck out there. Your stories always make me consider moving into programming.