{"product_id":"9781430249184","title":"How to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers: Building a Crack Development Team","description":"\u003cp\u003e    Want a great software development team? Look no further. \u003cem\u003eHow to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers: Building a Crack Development Team\u003c\/em\u003e is a field guide and instruction manual for finding and hiring excellent engineers that fit your team, drive your success, and provide you with a competitive advantage. Focusing on proven methods, the book guides you through creating and tailoring a hiring process specific to your needs. You’ll learn to establish, implement, evaluate, and fine-tune a successful hiring process from beginning to end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Some studies show that really good programmers can be as much as 5 or even 10 times more productive than the rest. How do you find these rock star developers? Patrick McCuller, an experienced engineering and hiring manager, has made answering that question part of his life's work, and the result is this book. It covers sourcing talent, preparing for interviews, developing questions and exercises that reveal talent (or the lack thereof), handling common and uncommon situations, and onboarding your new hires. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eHow to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers\u003c\/em\u003e will make your hiring much more effective, providing a long-term edge for your projects. It will: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTeach you everything you need to know to find and evaluate great software developers. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplain why and how you should consider candidates as customers, which makes offers easy to negotiate and close. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGive you the methods to create and engineer an optimized process for your business from job description to onboarding and the hundreds of details in between. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvide analytical tools and metrics to help you improve the quality of your hires. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will prove invaluable to new managers. But McCuller’s deep thinking on the subject will also help veteran managers who understand the essential importance of finding just the right person to move projects forward. Put into practice, the hiring process this book prescribes will not just improve the success rate of your projects—it’ll make your work life easier and lot more fun. \u003c\/p\u003e          What you’ll learnYou will learn to: \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFind and attract excellent developers that fit your needs. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluate candidates effectively by resume, phone screen, and interview. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate revealing technical interview questions and how to best evaluate answers. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganize and optimize interviews and interview teams. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWork effectively with recruiters, sourcers, and the rest of the hiring bestiary. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChart and track the hiring process so you can understand, customize, and improve it. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the legal issues in hiring. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     This book is for technical managers who need to hire productive software engineers, from absolute beginners looking for a place to start to veterans looking for ways to optimize and hire more effectively. The audience includes software development managers, directors, CTOs, and entrepreneurs.       \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of ContentsIntroduction\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1 Talent Management \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2 Candidate Lifecycle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3 Finding Candidates \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4 Resumes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5 Interviews \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6 Interview Questions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7 Hiring Decisions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8 Offers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9 A Great Start\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162963067120,"sku":"9781430249184","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430249184_p0.jpg?v=1763749919","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430249184","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}