jobs interviews in IT

this is not actually “an article”, but rather a set of interesting materials/articles found on the internet. if you're about to be interviewer in one yourself, try it: many hints, good practices and interesting observations by experienced ppl.

consider it as “must know” set for interviewer. :)

usual interview consists of 3 stages: choosing CVs/resumes of ppl you want to talk to (1), making short phone-screen to check if they have at least basic knowledge and understanding for software development (2) and therefore can be considered as candidates for long conversation (3). all 3 have been described in detail from practical point of view by Joel Spolsky's in following articles:

1. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/SortingResumes.html
2. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePhoneScreen.html
3. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html

some other articles regarding the subject:

• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000781.html
• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001042.html
• http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/five-essential-phone-screen-questions
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html