What would you do with those 21 hours per open position that you just reclaimed back?
This is how many hours a company spends in the preparation of the first technical interview (or tech assessment) after a handful of applicants have been selected to reach to this stage of the interview process:
- 3 man hours - deciding on the internal team interviewer
- 6 man hours - tech interview preparation, crafting the structure and questions
- 2 man hours - the interviewer mentally preparing for the interviews
- 5 man hours - lost productivity from switching to normal SDE work to recruitment and back
- (1.5 man hours - the actual interview) - we do not count it in the preparation but still it is worth the mention
- (4 man hours - technical interviewer training)
- 2 man hours - HR chasing the interviewer for notes and feedback
- 3 man hours - writing the interview notes and feedback
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2 man hours - evaluating and comparing candidates
Total time - 25 man hours of preparation for 1 open position.
Can we do better?
Yes!
Here is how we can do better
Work with an experienced technical interviewer.
What is a technical interviewer?
This is a technical person who is a master of the required technical skills which a successful candidate should possess.
The technical interviewer has also gone through rigorous training to make sure that:
How many hours working with an eternal technical interviewer saves you and your company?
The same interview preparation time from above shrinks down to:
- 3 man hours - kick off with the interviewer and getting on the same page
- 1 man hour - comparing and evaluating candidates based on the interview analysis you have received from the interviewer
You can expect an email like that which will help you be efficient during the 3 hour kick-off
What will you do with those 21 hours you just saved?
