“How2Hire Great Software Developers”

July 25, 2012

How2Hire SeriesPresented by The Resumator

The Resumator is the recruiting platform that helps employershire with confidence through:

• Industry leading hiring software

• Community of entrepreneurs and HR thought leaders

• Original How2Hire content

• Access to leaders at fast-growing companies

Featuring: Charles Brian QuinnPresident and Developer, Highgroove Studios

www.highgroove.com@seebq

Today’s agenda

Highgroove’s President and Developer, Charles Brian Quinn covers:

• Not-so secret sauce for an effective recruiting process

• Attracting the best software developers

• Having the ability to turn down 89% of developers who apply

• Key learnings & advice

• Q&A

How2Hire Great Software Developers

What Do Developers Want?What do GREAT developers want?

How We Used to (Half-Ass) Hiring• Email inbox overflow

• No Process, interview was a conversation

(with me talking the entire time)

• Luck, lots of luck

Enter – Step 1:

Sign up for The Resumator, on recommendation

from several entrepreneur friends

Step 2:

Do nothing. Doh!

Step 3:

Finally setup a job posting after the fine folks at

The Resumator called and asked if I needed help

Step 4:

Hone The Resumator to your process

(and leverage all the built-ins)

Not-So Secret Sauce• We’ve got secret sauce

• Anything that isn’t secret goes on not-so-secret-sauce

• Bias towards making things awesome that aren’t

http://not-so-secret-sauce.highgroove.com/

Highgroove’s Job DescriptionIt’s gotta be worth reading. It’s gotta be worth sharing.

• A brief mission statement

• A description of an employee’s typical day

• Job requirements

• If you were with us already...

How Do You Promote Your Job Listing?

• The Jobs page

• Your company (call it social media).

• No Recruiters (sorry)

The Hiring ProcessGood companies hire slow, and fire fast.

• Top-Grading

• Specialize the job - don’t try to hire

the director or CTO

• Zig, when everyone else is zagging

Highgroove’s Hiring Process - Part 1When candidates apply:

• A job application is filled out

• Applications are reviewed for

candidates’ answers to the 3

questions we ask in our

Resumator survey

• Telephone pre-screen with 5

more questions

Highgroove’s Hiring Process - Part 2When candidates make it through screening,

they are invited to a face-to-face meeting.

• Top-grading

• Pair programming

• 2 reference checks

• Offer extended via personalized

letter, or declined via form letter

Key Questions in The Interview

• Some questions

have been useful

• Some have not

• How do you exit out of an

interview when you know

the candidate isn’t a good fit?

Measure & RepeatAnd some best practices to follow

• Iterate or die.

• Pick a process -- it’s 3 steps

• 89% because I did the math.

• Use the built-in form templates.

They’re perfect.

• Someone we rejected, ended up

being a perfect hire, later.

Hire On Culture, Not SkillCulture is the only sustainable advantage

HyperspecializeWhen everyone is zigging, you should zag

• Specialize the job - don’t try to hire

the director or CTO

• Hyper-specialize the job

• Introduce some scarcity

ThanksPlease find me online here:

Twitter:

@seebq

About CBQ:

www.seebq.com

Q&A

Featuring:

Brian MurrayDirector of Talent

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