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Title: Recruitment - how to find a team you like
Proposer: Burkhard Kloss
Type: panel discussion
Duration: 45 mins
Description:
Recruitment is probably one of the most important aspects of software
development - with the right team, anything is possible. It's certainly
a topic with strongly held opinions, as repeated discussions on
accu-general suggest - but I think it's not been examined as thoroughly
as possible. I'd like to bring together a panel of three or four people
(TBD) with experience on both sides of the recruitment process, and
discuss strategies both for choosing people that are right for the team
- and, conversely, how to pick the right team when you're looking for a
new job. How do you determine whether a candidate - or your potential
new colleagues - can program their way out of a paperback? Can you test
whether they know the language, or solve puzzles - but will they deliver
in practice?