How to source and shortlist {role_name}

Where can you find qualified {role_name}?

  • Professional network
    • Leverage your professional network and reach out to former colleagues, industry peers, and tech community members to ask for referrals.
  • Educational Institutions:
    • University Career Centers: Reach out to universities known for their computer science programs, such as MIT, Stanford, or Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). These institutions often have job boards and organize career fairs where you can connect with recent graduates and alumni.
    • Coding Bootcamps: Consider graduates from coding bootcamps focused on frontend development, such as General Assembly, Flatiron School, or Le Wagon, where many students specialize in Angular development.
  • Company Career Pages:
    • Your Company’s Career Page: Make sure your job postings are clearly listed on your company’s career page, with detailed descriptions to attract Angular Developers specifically.
    • Tech Company Career Pages: Look at career pages of tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft for inspiration on how to attract top-tier Angular talent.
  • Role-Specific Job Boards:
  • Frontend-Specific Job Boards:
    • AngularJobs: A niche job board focused on Angular roles.
    • Frontend Jobs: A job board dedicated to frontend development positions, including those focused on Angular.
    • General Tech Job Boards:
      • Indeed
      • Glassdoor
  • Geography-Specific Job Boards:
  • United States:
    • Dice: A leading job board for tech professionals in the US.
    • SimplyHired: Offers a wide range of tech-related job listings.
  • India:
    • Naukri
    • Shine
  • UAE & KSA:
  • Remote Positions:

What are the best practices for headhunting {role_name}?

  • Engage with Developer Communities: Participate in Angular and frontend development communities, both online and in-person. This includes attending Angular conferences, meetups, and hackathons where developers gather.
  • Leverage Employee Referrals: Encourage your current tech team to refer candidates. Developers often know other professionals in the field who may be looking for new opportunities.
  • Personalized Outreach: When reaching out to potential candidates, personalize your messages by referencing specific projects or technologies they’ve worked on. Highlighting your company’s exciting projects can also attract interest.

"Find Talent Quickly" – Leverage Headhunting and Referrals

How to shortlist candidates?

Once you have started to get applications from applicants, a thorough screening process and shortlisting of prospects will help you make the most of your time spent with the most qualified ones. 

Automated shortlisting tools :

Automated screening quickly filters out unqualified candidates, saving time for manual review. This allows the manual process to focus on the most promising candidates, ensuring the best ones are considered for further evaluation.

Screening questions to auto-shortlist based on predefined criteria

like qualifications, location, experience, and skills. Either use job board or use an ATS such as whitecarrot. Here are some questions for {role_name}

  • Experience with Angular Framework:
    • Question: "How many years of experience do you have working with the Angular framework?"
    • Auto-Reject Criteria: Less than 2 years of experience.
  • Experience with TypeScript:
    • Question: "How many years of experience do you have working with TypeScript?"
    • Auto-Reject Criteria: Less than 1 year of experience.
  • Location Flexibility:
    • Question: "Are you located within [specified location] or willing to work remotely?"
    • Auto-Reject Criteria: Not located within the required area and unwilling to work remotely.

Skill based question to auto shortlist candidate

Analyze the skill test data to automatically shortlist top-performing applicants. (recommended screening test time - 15 minutes). Here are some skill test questions for {role_name}

Angular Framework

Assessing the candidate’s knowledge of the Angular framework.

  • Question: "Which Angular directive is used to bind an element’s class to a condition?"
    • A) *ngFor
    • B) *ngIf
    • C) ngClass
    • D) ngBind
    • Correct Answer: C) ngClass
  • Question: "What is the purpose of Angular’s Dependency Injection (DI)?"
    • A) To fetch data from an API
    • B) To manage component lifecycle events
    • C) To provide components with their dependencies in a flexible and scalable way
    • D) To handle routing within the application
    • Correct Answer: C) To provide components with their dependencies in a flexible and scalable way
  • Question: "Which of the following is the correct syntax to define a component in Angular?"
    • A) @Component({ selector: 'app-example', templateUrl: './example.component.html' })
    • B) @Component({ selector: 'app-example', url: './example.component.html' })
    • C) @Component({ selector: 'app-example', template: './example.component.html' })
    • D) @Component({ selector: 'app-example', html: './example.component.html' })
    • Correct Answer: A) @Component({ selector: 'app-example', templateUrl: './example.component.html' })

TypeScript

Testing the candidate’s proficiency in TypeScript.

  • Question: "What is the primary difference between ‘let’ and ‘var’ in TypeScript?"
    • A) let is function-scoped and var is block-scoped
    • B) var is function-scoped and let is block-scoped
    • C) let allows redeclaration, var does not
    • D) let is hoisted, var is not
    • Correct Answer: B) var is function-scoped and let is block-scoped
  • Question: "Which TypeScript feature allows for defining the shape of an object?"
    • A) Class
    • B) Interface
    • C) Module
    • D) Namespace
    • Correct Answer: B) Interface
  • Question: "How can you enforce a class to implement a specific interface in TypeScript?"
    • A) By using the implements keyword
    • B) By using the extends keyword
    • C) By using the interface keyword
    • D) By using the require keyword
    • Correct Answer: A) By using the implements keyword

Web Development

Evaluating the candidate’s understanding of web development concepts.

  • Question: "Which of the following is used to style components in Angular?"
    • A) HTML
    • B) TypeScript
    • C) CSS/SCSS
    • D) JavaScript
    • Correct Answer: C) CSS/SCSS
  • Question: "What is the function of the ngOnInit lifecycle hook in Angular?"
    • A) It is called before a component is destroyed
    • B) It is called after the component’s constructor and is used for component initialization
    • C) It is used to update the view after each change detection cycle
    • D) It handles all routing events
    • Correct Answer: B) It is called after the component’s constructor and is used for component initialization
  • Question: "What is the purpose of a service in Angular?"
    • A) To handle component lifecycle events
    • B) To provide a reusable and shareable business logic
    • C) To manage CSS styling across components
    • D) To create and manage HTML templates
    • Correct Answer: B) To provide a reusable and shareable business logic

Note - Auto reject candidates if scores less than 70% in this section

One way video interview

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Use tools like hirevue, whitecarrot.io to ask candidates pre-recorded questions about their experience and skills.

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Use sample question given in scorecard.

Collect other information 

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Collect data from shortlisted candidates, such as salary expectations and visa status.

"Shortlist in Seconds" – Use our CV scoring feature to get top candidate recommendation

Manual candidate profile shortlisting:

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Thoroughly review the CVs of the top scoring candidates from the automated process

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Look for evidence of the required skills, experience, and achievements

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Review the candidate’s portfolio or GitHub repositories to see examples of their work.

Schedule recruiter calls with the candidate

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Use a tool like calendly or whitecarrot to allow candidates to self-schedule calls based on your availability

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Confirm the call details (date, time, dial-in info) with the candidate via email

What questions to ask in the recruiter phone screen?

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 Use scorecard for rating candidates for recruiter

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Sample scorecard : 

Criteria Sample Question Rating (1-5) Comments
Technical Skills "Describe how you would design a dynamic user interface using Angular."
Problem-Solving Ability "Can you tell me about a challenging bug or issue you encountered while developing an Angular application?"
Communication Skills "Describe a time when you had to collaborate with a designer or another developer to solve a problem."
Cultural Fit "How do you prioritize tasks when working on multiple projects simultaneously?"
Attention to Detail "Describe a time when your attention to detail made a significant impact on a project."
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Check for consistency in responses from the candidates.

Recruitment Bullet

Record such scorecards in an ATS like whitecarrot or use google doc