Re: [tlug] CW: Josh, put down your coffee [was: Ghosted?]

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 09:58, Stephen J. Turnbull <[steve@example.com](mailto:On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 09:58, Stephen J. Turnbull <<a href=)> wrote:

> Edward Middleton writes:
>
>> The other approach would be to just bring them in for an in person
>> interview. For a developer position, another approach is to have
>> them do some basic demonstration work and ask them about aspects of
>> the design choices they made.
>
> You're kinda assuming the interviewer is competent to evaluate the
> work. This often is not the case for people who are competent to be managers.

I would go even further and say that many competent workers are not competent interviewers. Interviewing is a specialised skill that must be learnt and practised.

I’m actually working on an “Effective Hiring” talk that I’ll share here when I’m done with it. I thought I’d done some writing about this in the past, but all I turned up was this:

https://jmglov.net/blog/2022-08-03-reviewing-interviewing.html

> Developers and managers are as different as cats and dogs,
> although occasionally you'll run into a "cog" (or more likely in this
> business, a "DAG").

Thanks for the C&C warning! ;)

Cheers,
Josh