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Is the programming test: - online or offline? - open book or closed book? (can the candidate use the internet?) - timed or untimed?
What if 300 candidates show up and only 10 hiring companies?
In that case, will candidates be paired with companies on a first-come, first-served basis or do you have some other plan?
It says "Participate in 20 interviews, each 5 minutes long." What if 300 candidates show up and only 10 hiring companies? In that case, will candidates be paired with companies on a first-come, first-served basis or do you have some other plan?
Is the programming test: - online or offline? - open book or closed book? (can the candidate use the internet?) - timed or untimed?
The test is currently online, open book, and untimed (though it won't take long). If you start the signup process as a Software Engineer, you can see the test. I haven't posted the test blatantly in the open so people won't easily be able to Google an answer.
Sometimes when people get into a groove and there's some chemistry - as in dating - it's hard to pull them apart. Are you going to use the same style of musical-chairs-style rotation that they use in speed dating where everyone has to physically move to the next location all at once?
It says "Participate in 20 interviews, each 5 minutes long." What if 300 candidates show up and only 10 hiring companies? In that case, will candidates be paired with companies on a first-come, first-served basis or do you have some other plan?
For this event, there will only be 20 companies and 20 job seekers.
For example, if a Django front-end expert shows up and only 1 company is looking for a Django front-end expert, then that candidate only gets 1 interview and goes home.
Since most candidates have particular specializations that make them more or less qualified for particular jobs, it seems unlikely that every candidate will be applying for every job. I actually wish hiring companies cared less about skill specializations than they do but that's just how it is - the Django specialist is often not going to be taken seriously for the Websphere position even if he lies awake most nights dreaming about J2EE (fortunately, this particular example is quite rare).
So, if each attending candidate only qualifies for a single job, then there is a possibility that the entire event will be over in 5 minutes. As a candidate I would be fine with that, since it's one extra interview under my belt and - since I didn't pay to attend - I don't lose anything. As the host, you will go home with $6,000 - minus expenses for the space, unless you hooked up a free space through a personal connection, in which case you came out with a nice profit. However, from the perspective of the hiring company, everyone may not be so happy about the return on their time and money.
- How will you enforce the 5-minute time limit? Sometimes when people get into a groove and there's some chemistry - as in dating - it's hard to pull them apart. Are you going to use the same style of musical-chairs-style rotation that they use in speed dating where everyone has to physically move to the next location all at once?
- How will you enforce the 5-minute time limit? Sometimes when people get into a groove and there's some chemistry - as in dating - it's hard to pull them apart. Are you going to use the same style of musical-chairs-style rotation that they use in speed dating where everyone has to physically move to the next location all at once?
That's a great point. We're going to enforce the 5 minute limit by physically rotating seats every 5 minutes. Do you know of another enforcement mechanism?
Is the programming test: - online or offline? - open book or closed book? (can the candidate use the internet?) - timed or untimed?
The test is currently online, open book, and untimed (though it won't take long). If you start the signup process as a Software Engineer, you can see the test. I haven't posted the test blatantly in the open so people won't easily be able to Google an answer.