When to use Intelligence Tests in Recruiting
Intelligence testing is used in many selection processes, but its use has long been questioned for many reasons. The first questionings were based on the concern to discriminate in case the test favors or disfavors people with a characteristic that should not be a deciding factor. For example, imagine that while in India a foreigner […]
How to hire Developers for a Startup
Most ventures have some relationship with technology, either because of their very raison d’être is to offer a technological product or because they require technology to operate efficiently. This means that probably one of the first employees to be hired by a startup is an IT person. The problem is that, as we saw in […]
Bilingual Java Developer wanted, juicy reward offered
A better title for this post would have been “The most in-demand development professionals 2018”, but I found this one more entertaining. Any manager or recruiter who has been looking for a bilingual Java developer recently will understand the irony. This position is pretty hard to fill, especially if you add that you are looking […]
Attracting the Best Developers
In several posts I have commented on the importance of a good selection process to incorporate the best developers into a team, focusing on the testing and selection processes themselves. However, recruiting IT professionals is not like the last decade (and less like the decade before this one). I started working as a developer in […]
How to Build a Successful Development Team
If you are a development manager or an IT project manager and you have the mission to build a development team, the first thing that I would like to tell you is that you have a great opportunity since sometimes you cannot build a team from scratch. Doing this well can make your job easier […]
Online Programming Tests for IT Recruiting
Selection processes for evaluating and selecting developers tend to be longer and more complex than others. One of the challenges in evaluating candidates for these positions is ensuring the candidate’s technical competence. Written technical evaluations are often used, as well as technical interviews. Technical interviews are also useful. But, since they require valuable resources to […]
The Future of IT Recruitment
I remember about 25 years ago, in my first job searches, when the newspaper was the main means for publishing and searching for job ads. I ran through the pages of the newspaper with a highlighter in my hand and marked the offers that I found interesting. The next step was to print enough resumes […]
5 tips to Hire the best Developers
Companies’ struggle to get the best IT talent and hire the best developers is becoming increasingly fiercer. The demand for developers is very high and in many countries, the amount demanded simply exceeds the number of unemployed people in the area. This is why companies, in general, must fill their vacancies by taking the professional […]
Intelligence Tests
Intelligence Tests have more than a hundred years of history, being one of the most widely used psychometric tests. The first ones were used in France to identify students who might need more support during their studies. Since then, intelligence tests, known as IQ tests, have been widely used. If you are a recruiter or […]
Types of Psychometric Tests
There are roughly two types of psychometric testing: the aptitude or ability test and those focused on personality or affinity. Aptitude tests aim to measure the person’s level of competence or ability in one or more specific areas. The most common tests of this type are those that measure verbal aptitude and intelligence. There are, […]
