Craftlogic Blog

I was planning to write a new blog post earlier this year regarding how badly companies perform technical interviews with IT candidates. So many companies assume that if you're a technical person on staff then you must know how to interview candidates. This is so far from the truth. Companies these days seem to try to figure how how NOT to hire rather than HOW to hire. They're not looking for smart people that can figure things out. They're looking for a wishlist of check-boxes and if not all bo...

I see and review hundreds of resumes a week and have been doing so for over 10 years. Whether you’re sending your resume to a recruiter at a staffing company or sending it to HR at a company, you need to realize that certain information needs to be presented in the proper way to keep your resume from going in the bit bucket (electronic trash can). Most companies large and small use Applicant Tracking Systems. The ATS takes resumes that were submitted by email or via job sites or company webs...

All companies need to hire people from time to time. However, how a candidate is interviewed is often an afterthought. To hire the best people, you need an Interviewing Strategy. Interviewing done right is hard work. For the last 12 years, Craftlogic has been doing deep technical interviews when hiring people for our projects and for our clients' projects. Our focus is on the interview.