Rothman on Agile Hiring, at Agile 2008 [Shiell]

James Shiell recently blogged about Johanna Rothman's presentation "Hiring for an Agile Team" at Agile 2008, August 5:

"She differentiated hiring for a traditional team by stating that differences between people are more pronounced in agile teams, as successful teams tend to be more collaborative, cross-functional and indulge in intense focus while blurring traditional team roles. . . .

"She therefore focuses on the people side of hiring - as she said, the technical side has been done to death. However, unlike the titans of the industry such as Google and Microsoft she actively discouraged riddles and other abstract approaches. Instead, she proposed the use of two primary methods: auditions and behaviour description questions. "

Read the full article on Infernus.org:
http://infernus.org/node/264

Read more about Johanna's Dorset House title Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds:
http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/hire.html