Hiring Developers
Hiring Developers
Select the best developers
About the Book
Hiring is what makes or breaks an organization. Finding and then selecting the best developers is a challenge. This booklet helps you finding out what you need, writing the right job ads to the interview and onboarding process.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Stephan’s Interview Model
- Hiring Basics
- Before you start
- Misconceptions about Hiring
- Finding Candidates
- Don’t Hire a Copy of Yourself
- Time Is Of The Essence
- Hiring is a Sales Process
- Hiring Process
- Define Open Position
- What can I change after hiring?
- Hard Skills
- Soft Skills
- Seniority
- Context of the Open Position
- Competencies
- Ideal Candidate
- Smart, Gets Stuff Done and You can Work with Them
- Personalities
- Hire for Culture
- Specialists vs Generalists
- Hire for Product Life Cycle
- Example Candidate
- Writing a Job Ad
- Job Ad Basics
- Personas
- About the candidate
- The Interview
- Interview Preparation
- Screening Interview
- Remote Interview
- ChatGPT Proof(er)
- 360° Interview
- Interview Opening
- Technical Interview
- Interview Questions
- Spiral Model
- After The Interview
- How To Make A Decision
- When in Doubt, Don’t Hire
- Be Fast
- Make an Offer
- Candidate Rejects YOU
- Onboarding
- Hand Holding The Candidate
- Probation Period
- Success
- CTO Coaching
- About the author
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