NYCPHP Meetup

[Mark Armendariz]

> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
On Behalf Of Ben Sgro (ProjectSkyline)
> So, again, what are some good metrics I can use to test these perspective
employees?


Some great articles on hiring developers...

FizzBuzz - having the programmer solve a simple programming problem (by Reg
Braithwaite)
http://tickletux.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/using-fizzbuzz-to-find-developers-
who-grok-coding/

Jeff Atwood's FizzBuzz response
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000781.html

Reg's response to everyone on the planet trying to solve FizzBuzz (with more
about interviewing)
http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/01/dont-overthink-fizzbuzz.html


And a more general article: Joel Spolsky's guide to hiring
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html 


Good luck!!

Mark Armendariz