This book has 3 sections:
Section A: Weedin'
Hiring Managers need to cleanly and efficiently distill the candidates they want from the tsunami of resumes they get each time they post an ad.
This section includes tips like: "How to Hire Someone Who Has More Technical Knowledge than You" and "The Good, Bad and Ugly about Using Recruiters".
Section B: Interviewin'
How should a Hiring Manager proficiently and legally conduct the most professional interview?
This section includes tips like: "Other Ideas Besides More Money" and "What Not to Ask"".
Section C: Hirin'
Hiring is not a thing Hiring Managers do once it a while; they need to think about this task as a critical component of the job they do all the time.
This section includes tips like: "Hire Like Your Gonna Have to Eventually Fire 'Em" and "How Can I Get Better at This?"
This book has 42 tips:
Tip 1: Always be Looking for Superior Talent. Always.
Tip 2: Talk to HR or Not
Tip 3: How to Get Help with Your Hiring
Tip 4: Internal Hires
Tip 5: How to Hire Someone Who Has More Technical Knowledge Than You
Tip 6: Consultant or Employee?
Tip 7: Write Down a Job Description
Tip 8: Using Social Networking
Tip 9: Network Your A** Off
Tip 10: The Good, Bad and Ugly about Using Recruiters
Tip 11: How to Read a Resume
Tip 12: Narrowing Down the List (Initial Step)
Tip 13: Should You Hire an Overqualified Candidate?
Tip 14: Conduct the Best Type of Interview
Tip 15: Useful Interview Guidelines
Tip 16: Let Management Know What You Need
Tip 17: How to Greet Interviewees
Tip 18: Prepare a List of Questions in Advance
Tip 19: Basic Questions to Cover
Tip 20: Ask Open-Ended Questions
Tip 21: Nontechnical Questions
Tip 22: What Not to Ask
Tip 23: Who Else Should Interview a Candidate?
Tip 24: The Value of Certification
Tip 25: Value of Commitment
Tip 26: Value of Education
Tip 27: Take Notes During the Interview
Tip 28: Offering the Correct Amount for an IT Position/Salary Surveys/etc.
Tip 29: Other Ideas Besides More Money
Tip 30: Have a "D-IQ" (Developer IQ) Part
Tip 31: Things to Watch Out For
Tip 32: The New Guy Cant Code
Tip 33: When and How to STOP an Interview
Tip 34: Common Hiring Mistakes
Tip 35: It Might Not Go Well Anyway
Tip 36: Close It Down
Tip 37: Checking References
Tip 38: Hire Like Your Gonna Have to Eventually Fire 'Em
Tip 39: Don't be Afraid to Make 'Em Dance
Tip 40: Hiring in Boom and Bust Times
Tip 41: Assign Roles to Co-Interviewers
Tip 42: How Can I Get Better at This?
Each tip has 3 parts:
Key Points
Each Tip has several important elements to it. Tip 23: "Who Else Should Interview a Candidate?", for example, has the following key points: Who else can help me interview candidates?, Should you bring the team in at the very introductory stage?, Should you have a semi-formal 'good cop/bad cop' routine?, What if some people do not want to do this? How many people should a candidate interview with?
Details
Each key point has some detail to flesh it out – sometimes it is only a sentence, but other times it is a paragraph or two. "Who else can help me interview candidates?", for example, has three full paragraphs giving you concrete ideas on who else can help you.
Real-World Story
Between us the authors have over 40 years in the IT trenches. We have not heard it all, but we have heard a lot. These are stories from our direct experience hiring – and being hired as – geeks.