http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/09/21/comments-on-testing-attention-to-detail/ Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/09/21/comments-on-testing-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-223 http:// Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:06:01 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/09/21/comments-on-testing-attention-to-detail/#comment-223 Nice to read your follow-up! :) I was the person who suggested talking instead of testing. Of course, it's better to ask open-ended questions, so the candidate won't be able to answer simply "yes" or "no". My suggestion is that you talk to the candidate to know if he focus on details or is more interested on general concepts. You'll "feel" it, not have a binary answer. Finally -- it's always good to have a mixed team, with different views: if everybody look at the problem from the same angle, they'll probably look for similar solutions; a mixed team, with different points of view, will be able to see the whole picture. Nice to read your follow-up! I was the person who suggested talking instead of testing. Of course, it’s better to ask open-ended questions, so the candidate won’t be able to answer simply “yes” or “no”. My suggestion is that you talk to the candidate to know if he focus on details or is more interested on general concepts. You’ll “feel” it, not have a binary answer. Finally — it’s always good to have a mixed team, with different views: if everybody look at the problem from the same angle, they’ll probably look for similar solutions; a mixed team, with different points of view, will be able to see the whole picture.

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