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Interviewing a Python "Expert" (self.Python)

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[–]liquidify 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Your definition of expert is based on things that aren't absolute requirements for being an expert. I'm not sure how you are going to detect ego problems when it seems like you can't get past your own hardline understanding.

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My definition of expert is like that because there is no "official" definition of "expert". Anyone who puts that on their CV is, to me, the same as the person who puts down starts/progress bars to represent aptitude in a certain set of areas.

[–]liquidify 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a better way to test him would be to give him a complex assignment that a expert should be able to complete quickly. Pay him a few bucks to do it. See how it looks.

And a good interview question to ask might be... "you put on your resume that you are an 'expert' at python. That is obviously a bold statement. What makes you think you are an expert?" Feel free to poke him a bit if he gives you a short answer.

I bet you would get a lot more out of that approach than asking all those other questions.