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questions & techniques to select people with the right mindset

About the Book

This book is filled with examples of questions and techniques that you can use to select people. We like the examples yet they are only examples. Nothing else.

Yes we sometimes give an explanation why one of us likes or dislikes a particular question or technique. The idea is to inspire you.

The examples in this book might be perceived as if they are the best and the only way of doing things. Yes we know this is how books are typically promoted. Not this book.

There is not a thing as a best practice. The examples are suggestions. You will need to adapt them to your team’s context and needs.

Pick what you like. Combine the ideas whichever way you find useful. Experiment and evaluate. Evolve or throw away.

And please give us feedback, tell us what other ideas are useful to you.

Have fun!

About the Author

YvesHanoulle
YvesHanoulle

The Agile community knows Yves Hanoulle from his many contributions, such as the public Agile conferences Google calendar, his Agile Thursday Quiz, the coach retreats and conferences he’s paired to organize, daily coaching questions via @Retroflections, and the Agile Games Google group, just to name a few. He promoted PairCoaching, an idea which has been adopted by many agile trainers and coaches. He’s constantly learning, and passing on what he learns as a coach and trainer to organizations large and small.

A self-identified change artist and first follower, one of Yves’ unique qualities is that he gives free lifetime support on anything he does: every client, everything he writes and presents, every workshop he leads.

Yves believes in maintaining a sustainable pace both professionally and personally. Yves has parentpair programmed an android game with his 13 year old son www.anguis.be You can learn more about Yves at http://www.hanoulle.be/yves-hanoulle/, and find him on social media as YvesHanoulle.

Table of Contents

  • About this book:
  • Welcome:
  • Guidelines we used for creating this book:
  • Help we could use:
  • Collaborators:
    • Unknown editors:
  • Why This book:
  • What this book will not help you with:
  • What you need before you use this book:
  • Who is this book for?
  • What has this book to do with agile?
  • Kanban board for jobs:
  • Preparation for an interview:
  • Sending questions upfront to the candidate:
    • Advantages:
    • Risks:
  • Taking Notes:
  • Location of the interview:
  • Start time of the interview:
    • Start of the day
    • End of the day
    • A lunchtime interview
    • Letting the candidate choose
  • Start of the interview:
  • Presenting Your Company:
  • The First Five Minutes:
  • Type of questions:
  • Opening questions:
  • Personality & Purpose:
  • Problem Solving:
  • Expectations:
  • Experience:
  • Visual techniques:
  • Journey lines:
  • Learning:
  • Notes

Causes Supported

Open Sourcing Mental Illness, Ltd

Changing how we talk about mental health in the tech community.
https://osmihelp.org

Changing how we talk about mental health in the tech community.

Open Sourcing Mental Illness is a non-profit, 501c3 corporation dedicated to raising awareness, educating, and providing resources to support mental wellness in the tech and open source communities. OSMI began in 2013 as a speaking campaign by Ed Finkler. Ed started speaking at tech conferences about his personal experiences as a web developer and open source advocate with a mental health disorder. The response was overwhelming, and Ed has continued to speak, gather data, and organize efforts to change experiences of those with mental health disorders in the tech workplace. This includes speaking at conferences and companies, conducting research, and creating documentation to assist companies in making supportive environments for those impacted by mental health disorders. He is assisted in these efforts by selfless volunteers who bring their time and expertise to bear on this important issue.

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