Interviewing Engineering Graduates: Hire the best in engineering talent
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A strong engineering team is the backbone of any technical company, and smart managers are always looking to hire top talent. Recruiting and interviewing engineers in a smart way is essential to the growth of your team and your company. In this saturated hiring market, your positions must stand out among the big name companies, and your hiring processes must be rigorous, fair and efficient.
This comprehensive guide will show you how to hire outstanding technical employees. With its step-by-step instructions and examples, Interviewing Engineering Graduates will take you all the way through the process, from attracting great candidates to making hiring decisions with confidence.
Hiring engineers is a complex, expensive and crucial process. This book will get you organized quickly and prepare you to make the right decisions every step of the way. First, you’ll see how to market your open jobs effectively through writing amazing job descriptions, and selling your company to top engineers so that you get the best applicants. You’ll then learn to narrow the field by identifying the best resumes. Using our tips, tricks and templates, you can design, plan and prepare thoroughly for smooth running, multi-stage assessments and interviews. Finally, you’ll easily identify which engineers will be top performers for your company, get your whole team involved in the hiring decision, and clinch that final offer!
Whatever your company and whatever type of engineering job you’re hiring for, with this book you can hire employees with the technical savvy and teamwork skills to help take your organization to the next level.
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Interviewing Engineering Graduates - Connor Skye Riley
Table of Contents
Interviewing Engineering Graduates
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
What this book covers
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Piracy
1. The Job Description
A universal job description framework
Start with a concise title
About your company
Who you're looking for
Requirements
What engineers look for in a job description
A clear picture of what you're building
Interesting problems to solve
Your engineering team's culture
A clear idea of who you're looking for
Day-to-day expectations
A note on buzzwords
Writing technical job requirements
Getting the word out
Summary
2. Recruiting Engineers
Online recruiting
Pitfalls to avoid
Improving your response rate
Networking
Employee referrals
Become part of the community
Evaluating candidates
Reading resumes
Looking beyond the resume
Summary
3. The Phone Screening
Organizing the phone screening
Introducing your company
A non-technical evaluation
Technical evaluation
Wrapping up
Summary
4. Code Tests
Writing tests
Administering tests
Grading tests
Summary
5. In-person Interviews
Organizing the interview
Training interviewers
One-hour interview outline
Introduction
Ask about the candidate's experience
An easy technical question
An in-depth technical question
Sell your company
Interviewee questions and wrap-up
Make your recommendation
Technical interview questions
Quick and easy questions
In-depth technical questions
What not to ask
Trivia questions
Estimation or impossible
questions
Brain teasers and logic puzzles
Summary
6. Follow-up, Negotiation, and Closing a Hire
Making hiring decisions
Checking references
Red flags
Personality conflict with a team member
Conflicting stories
Bad-mouthing former employers
Communicating with candidates
Letters of rejection
Employment offers and compensation
Conferences and education expenses
Relocation expenses
Health and wellness benefits
Flexible hours
The personal touch
On boarding new hires
Summary
Interviewing Engineering Graduates
Interviewing Engineering Graduates
Copyright © 2014 Impackt Publishing
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First published: October 2014
Production reference: 1101014
Published by Impackt Publishing Ltd.
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ISBN 978-1-78300-010-4
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Credits
Author
Connor Skye Riley
Reviewer
Nataliya Zub
Commissioning Editor
Danielle Rosen
Copy Editors
Simran Bhogal
Ameesha Green
Faisal Siddiqui
Project Coordinators
Anurag Banerjee
Venitha Cutinho
Proofreaders
Maria Gould
Ameesha Green
Paul Hindle
Production Coordinator
Melwyn D'sa
Cover Work
Simon Cardew
About the Author
Connor Skye Riley is a software engineer specializing in user experience design and frontend web development. She has experience both in conducting technical interviews and in working closely with technical recruiters to develop software products.
In teaching web development courses, she has counseled students on what to expect from their first technical interviews. With nearly a decade of professional experience at companies ranging from some of the largest in the world to scrappy startups, she has spent considerable time thinking about how and why we recruit engineers the way we do.
About the Reviewer
Nataliya Zub has been part of the IT industry since 2003. Currently, she serves as the head of HR and recruitment for an American business technology outsourcing company