Show HN: Get out your pitchforks, I wrote a book on screening technical talent

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6 years ago

I know that many of you hate automated hiring tests. Common complaints seen on HN: - Automated tests focus on arbitrary algorithms, and don’t actually assess how well you create a user-loving mobile/web/scalable/whatever app. - No one does their daily work under stopwatch pressure, so why should a test be timed? - I have a long resume, why do I need to take a test?

With that said, I just released a free ebook Evidence-Based Hiring to address these concerns and explain how and why automated testing can benefit both candidates and companies. Hint: it is all about creating short questions for a specific skill. I’d love to get your feedback on the book.

You can download a free HTML, PDF or EPUB version here: https://www.testdome.com/evidence-based-hiring/book/ebh.html

Entire source in markdown and build scripts for Pandoc are on GitHub: https://github.com/ZSvedic/EBH-book

Full disclosure: I’m a founder of TestDome, an online testing company. I started TestDome, in part, because the only thing worse than a terrible hiring test is using resumes to screen technical talent.