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Kate Kandefer

October 23, 2019
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Personal interview questions you should ask your candidates

Personal interview questions and your recruitment process

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Personal interview questions put the ‘human’ element into the ‘HR recruiter’ that you are. When hiring for a developer role, you’ll naturally ask a lot of questions about your candidates’ technical skills. 

But to build the most accurate picture of an individual that you can, you need to get a little personal. Their favorite breakfast cereal or holiday destination might be a bit much, but it’s important that you do ask open-ended questions about your candidate as a human.

A handful of questions about work ethic, stress management, strengths, and weaknesses can help you see the other side of your candidate, beyond their technical skills, experience, and abilities. 

Sure, there are no right or wrong answers to personal interview questions, but there are tried and tested interview techniques. Still, the response you get can help you see if your candidate will fit into the company’s culture and position-specific challenges that happen in the role at your company. 

Mix a few behavioral interview questions with your personal interview questions, and you’ll be able to build a comprehensive cultural assessment of your candidate. 

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October 10, 2019
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Different types of interviews

Different types of interviews for technical recruitment

By | Interview questions, Recruiting Tips, Technical Interview | No Comments

As a professional technical recruiter, there are many different types of interviews for you to consider. Some are more useful at particular stages of the assessment process, some are more appropriate for testing particular skills. This article will explain a number of different types of interviews and point out their various advantages and disadvantages.

Types of interviews you can use for technical recruitment

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  • Case interviews
  • Coding interviews
  • Competency-based or behavioral interviews
  • Final interviews
  • Panel interviews
  • Phone interviews
  • Second interviews
  • STAR format interviews
  • Structured interviews
  • Video interviews
  • Working interviews

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September 17, 2019
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Highest paying tech jobs

[INFOGRAPHIC]: Highest paying tech jobs

By | Developer Salary, Infographic | No Comments

Money isn’t everything but it is important. Few industries of recent years have seen greater growth in salary as IT but that growth has been uneven. We found that tech salaries can be affected by a number of factors including technology, job title, industry, skill, area of development, and tech stack. Certainly, many tech jobs pay well but in 2019, only a few jobs stand out as the highest paying tech jobs.

We’ve looked at the data from Dice, PayScale, Glassdoor, and Stack Overflow and put them together in this handy infographic.

Highest paying tech jobs: infographic

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September 4, 2019
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Complete mobile app developer salary data

Complete mobile app developer salary data

By | Developer Salary, Hiring Statistics, IT recruitment | No Comments

Given that both smartphone penetration and app usage are growing steadily, the demand for developers who can build mobile apps is increasing. No wonder: mobile apps are expected to have the most impact on business success, and generate a full $189 billion in revenue by 2020. In this article, we’re taking a look at mobile app developer salary numbers. 

As the demand is increasing rapidly, it might soon become difficult for companies to attract top talent. If you’re on the lookout for a mobile app developer, you should at least become familiar with an average mobile app developer salary to make sure you land the best candidates for the job.  Read More

July 2, 2019
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.NET developer salary data

Complete .NET developer salary data

By | Developer Salary, Developer Salary, Hiring Statistics | 2 Comments

If you’re wondering what a .NET developer salary is, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve gathered data from reputable sources like PayScale, Glassdoor, and Indeed so you don’t have to look any longer. 

.NET is a free cross-platform software framework created by Microsoft and initially released in 2002. Since then, it’s been growing in popularity because it offers a simple and secure way to create software. .NET supports many programming languages, such as C#, F#, C++, Visual Basic, and more. In addition, it provides programming guidelines that can be used to develop a wide range of mobile and desktop applications. .NET is also a top solution for Windows servers both on local networks and in the cloud. 

.NET developers typically write code that works with a .NET framework to create web pages, access databases, and business logic servers. They write, modify and debug software. Working with .NET, its languages and extensions, such as ASP.NET is also a must. Thanks to the framework’s popularity and versatility, .NET developers are in demand. 

Don’t use .NET? You can find salary data for other technologies like Java and Python.

In this post, we will be addressing the following topics:

  • Average .NET developer salary
  • Junior .NET developer salary
  • Senior .NETdeveloper salary
  • C# developer salary
  • ASP.NET developer salary

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June 25, 2019
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situational interview questions: software engineer interview questions

12 Must-Ask Situational Interview Questions You Need To Start Asking

By | Human Resources, Recruiting Tips, Technical Interview | No Comments

If your current interview process is not based around situational interview questions, it probably looks a little like this:

You meet your candidate, ask if they found the place ok, talk about their employment history and their skills, explain the available position a little more, then shake hands and ‘we’ll get back to you’.

If you thought that the above situation is all too common, you’re right – it is. Interviews like that offer no value to either party.

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May 28, 2019
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Complete Android developer salary data

Complete Android developer salary data

By | Developer Salary, Developer Salary, IT recruitment | No Comments

With over 2.7 billion smartphone users worldwide, it’s hardly surprising that mobile app usage is growing in popularity. As the number of mobile apps increases, so has the number of mobile developers, which is expected to reach 14 million by 2020. At the moment, the majority of those who pursue a career in mobile development choose to become either an iOS or an Android developer. This is mainly due to the popularity of these platforms. With so much interest in mobile development, it’s clear to see that the hunt for mobile app talent has become highly competitive. This, in turn, affects developer salaries. To give you a full understanding of the topic, we’ve gathered relevant Android developer salary data from PayScale, Glassdoor, Indeed.com, and ZipRecruiter.

Don’t use Android? You can find salary data for iOS, Java, and other technologies by clicking the link.

In this post, we will be addressing the following topics

  • An average Android developer salary
  • An entry-level Android developer salary
  • A junior Android developer salary
  • A senior android developer salary
  • An Android developer salary in NYC  
  • iOS developer vs Android developer salary

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April 24, 2019
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Complete front end developer salary data

Complete front end developer salary data

By | Developer Salary, Developer Salary, Hiring Statistics | No Comments

What is a front end developer?

Front end development refers to everything that users see, touch, click, and use — the visual layout, user interface/interaction, and user experience. It is also known as client-side software (as opposed to “server-side” software) and consists of buttons, images, links, and pages that all need to function efficiently, accurately, and quickly in order for the user to carry out a particular task. As a rule, this means that developers must be familiar with HTML code (probably HTML5), styling with CSS (probably CSS3), and make everything interactive with JavaScript.

Frameworks like AngularJS and BackboneJS are also highly in demand. A front end developer salary depends on a range of factors, including skill set, level of expertise, and location. If you’re looking to recruit a front end developer, are you sure that you’re offering a fair salary? Perhaps you need to prepare yourself to carry out a major sourcing project, or you’re about to carry out some screening for this role.

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January 18, 2019
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Technical interview tips

14 powerful interview techniques & tips for employers

By | Human Resources, IT recruitment, Recruiting Tips, Technical Interview | No Comments

Job interviews are the first point of the interview process where you can start piecing things together. And by using specific interview techniques and skills, you’re able to shed a little more light on your applicant.

An interview gives you, the interviewer, the first real chance to assess a person and see if they’re an OK fit or a fantastic fit for the applied position. But your interviewing techniques are more than what you say – it’s your body language, the environment and the way that you listen.

Use these 14 interview tips to discover which applicant is right for the job

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December 7, 2018
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recruitment plan

How to create and implement a recruitment plan

By | Human Resources, IT recruitment | No Comments

‘Those that fail to plan, plan to fail’, as the old adage goes. And this phrase rings true in the modern world of tech recruiting, too. A recruitment plan is an often overlooked element of recruiting developers of any level, despite the current tech talent scarcity. The annual Harvey Nash/KPMG 2018 CIO Survey focused on 3,900+ tech leaders discovered that 65% of respondents believe that hiring challenges are hurting the industry (up from 59% last year). 

people skills and talent recruitment planIT recruitment is without a doubt full of obstacles. A well-written recruitment plan can help you tap the existing talent pools and find the ideal candidates. Read More

October 30, 2018
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careers page in tech

How to create a careers page that shows devs what they’re missing out on

By | Human Resources, IT recruitment, Recruiting Tips | No Comments

In the tech world, getting the attention of skilled talent is possibly the hardest part of your job. So when any kind of developer gets to your careers page, you need to make sure that the talent likes what they see. If they do, they will give you their details.

But LinkedIn research shows that only 25% of people visiting your careers page are actively looking for a job. Given this, your page needs to be pretty convincing. Your careers page is ultimately a sales page. If it isn’t selling your company adequately, no one is going to buy – or apply.

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September 26, 2018
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technical interview tips

How to give a technical interview: 7 technical interview tips

By | IT recruitment, Recruiting Tips, Technical Interview | No Comments

Technical interviews have long been a subject of vocal debate among developers. This has left recruiters searching for technical interview tips that work. In 2016, Sahat Yalkabov, currently working as the Senior Frontend Engineer at Bloomberg LP,  wrote a post called “F** You, I Quit, Hiring is Broken.” In this post, he described the technical hiring process as a humiliating and dehumanizing process.The truth is, he has a point.

Technical hiring is facing a huge problem. This can only be solved with the right approach to both technical screening and technical interviews. However, making a positive change requires the HR and IT departments to cooperate. We’ve gathered the best technical interview tips in this article for all parties involved in the process.  

For more information on how to conduct a technical interview and what coding challenges to use, check out The ultimate guide to the technical interview.

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August 1, 2018
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recruitment articles for tech recruiters

Top recruitment articles you simply MUST read

By | Human Resources, IT recruitment | No Comments

We’re always focused on helping talent acquisition professionals improve their technical hiring process and we try to spread the word as much as we can. In addition to our resources, we publish weekly high-quality technical recruitment articles on our blog. Here’s a roundup of the best ones. 

The best recruitment articles for tech recruiters

Our posts are research-based and packed full of tech recruitment data and industry insights. They help our readers improve their developer hiring results and simply recruit the best software developers they can possibly hire.

What we often see is that our customers and readers are interested in optimizing a given stage of the recruitment process. If you have issues with any of the stages of your tech hiring process, we’re here to give you a helping hand.  

Recruitment articles about sourcing

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May 23, 2018
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[Cheat Sheet]: The Ultimate Recruitment KPIs to track your hiring success

By | Human Resources, IT recruitment | One Comment

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allow businesses to evaluate and understand how well they are performing against their goals. They are used to measure a number of goals, including sales, marketing, financial performance, customer satisfaction, and most importantly, recruitment objectives. It’s essential for talent acquisition specialists to know and understand the most important recruitment KPIs which we’ve gathered in a cheat sheet which you can download at the end of this article. Read More

March 21, 2018
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Why a work sample test will identify the software developers you need to hire

By | IT recruitment, Recruiting Tips, Technical Interview | 7 Comments

Before it was easy to give a work sample test to anyone who fell into your tech recruitment funnel, the technical hiring process was a minefield. Even before I got into the industry, I remember hearing stories of the frustrations my friends and colleagues faced trying to navigate the technical interview process both as candidates and hiring managers.

Candidates were hit with barrages of irrelevant, time consuming, and dispiriting algorithmic tests and whiteboard interviews which heavily favored recent college grads and gave them no insight into the job. It was equally difficult for recruiters and hiring managers. They had very few effective methods to determine which of their dev candidates would go on to do great work for them. So they used what was available and had to put up with the variability of the results. But there is a better way.

The work sample test is a well-established idea in other fields, revolutionizing the hiring process but is now gaining traction in tech.

Find out more about technical interviews and skill testing in The ultimate guide to the technical interview.

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January 3, 2018
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Tech recruitment certification id usefull for hring technical recruiters

Introducing Devskiller Tech Recruitment Certification Course

By | Human Resources, IT recruitment, Technical Interview | No Comments

Tech Recruiters are faced with one of the biggest challenges in HR because they chase after the second hardest group to recruit globally (according to ManpowerGroup research). As a consequence, the degree of competition in tech recruitment is FIERCE.

That said, some tech recruiters operate with outdated methods or even worse, have no structure they follow and optimize. Others act like there’s still a surplus of talent in tech while there’s actually a scarcity of talent. Not only do these people fail miserably, but they also give good recruiters bad rep.

Moreover, in tech recruitment, there’s always room to grow. Even the best recruiters need to keep learning to stay on top of their game.

That’s why we’ve decided to take action and designed our educational course dedicated to tech recruitment. We want to give you a competitive advantage over your competitors so you can recruit the best developers out there. And everything is FREE, with the aim to participate in building a better Tech Recruitment market.

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