The Art of
Interviewing People or
How to Identify
Senior Talent

Krasimir Tsonev
father of two
~20 years of experience

Preparation

Preparation

🔝 Context - what kind of person
we are searching for

Preparation

🔝 Context - what kind of person
we are searching for

📝 Candidate resume check

Preparation

🔝 Context - what kind of person
we are searching for

📝 Candidate resume check

📋 List of topics/questions

Traditional
Assessments

How to
identify seniors?

I.

👍 Agressive
objectives
⛔ How-Tos

I.

👍 Agressive
objectives
⛔ How-Tos
👍 Problems
⛔ Solutions

Give them problems, not solutions.

You have an unknown
microservice that sends emails.
Go there and remove
the footer from
the template.

II.

Thinking as a
business owner.

Thinking as a business owner.

What exactly were you
doing at your last company?

III.

Strong sense of ownership

Strong sense of ownership.

Only you notice that
the team can't deliver on time.

IV.

Get things done
without supervision.

Get things done without supervision.

Walk me through a recent project
that you were assigned to.

V.

Emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence.

You've sent 500,000 emails
with the wrong copy.
The company loses money,
and your managers are mad.

VII.

Give them a chance to ask questions.

Give them a chance to ask questions.

Logistics/Processes
vs
Culture/Big picture

It's hard!

Thank you!

krasimir.dev/contacts