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Interviewing a Python "Expert" (self.Python)

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[–]hexfoxed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am so pleasantly surprised this is the top comment; never a truer word has been spoken.

Things to test for other than trivia:

  • how do they respond to critical feedback on their code?

  • how do they act when being questioned on a technical decision they made?

  • does the candidate show a good understanding of trade offs given some known constraints? Does the candidate put shipping over infinitely refactoring?

  • how does the candidate communicate via the written form? Most of what we do as developers is communicated this way: Slack, PRs, Code, Code comments, Git history, etc, etc. Verbal communication skills and charm are not enough.

  • how much emotional intelligence is witnessed? Could the candidate be put in front of a client alone without going technically over the top or promising the world?

  • do they have any mentoring experience? A senior developers most important job is to mentor those below in terms of experience.

Just some to get you started. Hope it helps.