Hiring the Right Way in the WordPress Ecosystem

@rahul286

Typical Hiring Process

Application

Screening

Interview

Offer

Hiring Funnel in WordPress EcoSystem

Application Stage

- WordCamps

- wp.org Slack

- make.wp.org

- HeroPress

- PostStatus

- Social Media

Reach Out

Career Site

- Corporate Policies

- Pictures/Videos (inside look)

- Sensible Job descriptions

- Glassdoor (even it means negative review)

- Simplify Application Forms & Process

Screening

The Unlucky Ones! :(

- Core Contributions

- Online Presence

- Blog, Portfolio site

- WordPress.org, Github, StackOverflow

- Social Media

- Quality of previous work/assignments

Checklist

Interview

- Respect! You are not doing a favor to them

- It cost them time and money too

- Offer language choices

- Leave good memories

- Give them a glass of water

- Rescheduling is not a sin!

Be Nice

- Open book exam

- Understanding rather than recall & memorization

- Opinion Matters

- Which theme/plugin they like? Why?

- What they like/don’t like? Why?

- God Mode!

Do It Logically

Offer

What if it doesn’t work?

Saying NO

- Offer second chance

- Give feedback (if they want)

- And a chance to argue about feedback

- If you realise, you made a mistake, step back!

- A rejected candidate can also be your brand ambassador!

- Being nice is a good karma anyway :-)

Hiring Funnel in WordPress EcoSystem

Applications - Reach Out

Filter - Real Work

Interview - Be Nice

Offer - with respect

☆ Bonus ☆Set up a concrete hiring process

Setup an Internal Site

- Question Lists

- Constantly Updated

- Open Ended

- Interview Process

- Changing interviewer should not change candidate

approval rates

Thanks!

@rahul286rahul@rtcamp.com