yeah your spot on about the portfolio and a portfolio can always be sugar coated. Being in the web industry for some time now, i often met interview candidates who claim to know and understand many developing languages; html, php etc…. and at first glance looking through their work it would seem that they do know there stuff, but, from what they say they know not always continues to the level you was expecting.
Are there any techniques you try to use to fish these fabrication out?
Nice point on bring out the attitude.
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A Thought on Hiring
Thu 09/17/09
Portfolios are typically a solid gauge of talent, drive, and proficiency. But they only show you what a person has done, not what they will do. Not what they’re capable of. Portfolios are monuments to the past (and if the candidate is really on top of it, maybe hints of the present).
But portfolios don’t forecast the future. And if the interview process goes well, the future is the timeframe the candidate will start working for you.
A portfolio gets someone in the door. It’s the audition; it’s not the performance. What can they bring to the table? Where can they grow? What can they be? Use your imagination. Try to articulate their future, because it could be part of your future.
The best ideas for moving your company, organization, or team forward might be in the people that aren’t a part of it. Yet.