How I run tech and product interviews

Mark Ridley
12 min readOct 30, 2018
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Do you know just how bad the traditional interview is as a tool for choosing the right person for the job? In one research study, of students selected for medical school by an ‘unstructured’ interview (the type where someone sits across a table from you and asks you things like “tell me about your greatest achievement at work”), it was found that the process is no better than chance at choosing the right people. Students…

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Mark Ridley

Technologist, lean evangelist, chaos monkey and Chief Technology Prevention Officer. Loves good coffee, hanging around on ropes and driving about in cars