Mary is an extremely interesting candidate. She was introduced to you by a recruiting agency that you reached out to get help finding the right person. You would have done it yourself but this period you are super busy and don't have time for this part of the business. Right choice, dangerous mindset if… Continue reading The time you save not providing feedback for an offline tech test may cost you dearly
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Too many candidates, often the best ones, will withdraw from a hiring process requiring to take a tech test offline
Today I bumped into an interesting thread on StackExchange about tech tests scaring off candidates. Here the issue that bobo2000, at his first gigs as an interviewer, experienced with candidates asked to complete a tech tests: It is the first time that I am doing HR, and we are looking for a developer. The selection… Continue reading Too many candidates, often the best ones, will withdraw from a hiring process requiring to take a tech test offline
Do not underestimate the time a candidate will need to complete that offline tech test you gave them
Do not underestimate the time a candidate will need to complete that offline tech test you gave them
Test estimation is usually not performed by the same person that is submitting its text to the candidate Tech tests are usually presented to the candidate by HR people, who most of the times don’t have the skills to estimate the duration of the task the candidate is being asked to perform. A good HR… Continue reading Do not underestimate the time a candidate will need to complete that offline tech test you gave them
How long does it take a developer to read a recruiter’s email?
Search on Google the question “how long does it take a recruiter to review a resume” and you’ll get back 23.600.000 results. It’s evident that there’s a lot of interest for this topic and I remember it clearly becoming one of the hottest topics of discussion multiple times over the last 10 years. Even magazines… Continue reading How long does it take a developer to read a recruiter’s email?
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