Where can you find qualified {role_name}?

What are the best practices for headhunting {role_name}?

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}

• How many years of experience do you have with Kubernetes?
  • Auto-reject: Less than 2 years.
• How many years of experience do you have managing CI/CD pipelines?
  • Auto-reject: Less than 1 year.
• Are you located within [specified location] or willing to work remotely?
  • Auto-reject: Not located in a specified location or unwilling to work remotely.
• Do you have experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP?
  • Auto-reject: No experience with cloud platforms.

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}

Kubernetes

Assess the candidate’s knowledge of Kubernetes orchestration.

• Q1: What is the main purpose of a Kubernetes deployment?
  • a) To manage networking in the cluster
  • b) To scale and update pods automatically
  • c) To create a persistent volume
  • d) To ensure security policies
  • Correct Answer: b) To scale and update pods automatically
• Q2: How do you expose a Kubernetes pod to external traffic?
  • a) Using a NodePort service
  • b) Using a ConfigMap
  • c) By setting Ingress
  • d) By creating a Persistent Volume
  • Correct Answer: a) Using a NodePort service
• Q3: Which of the following is not a Kubernetes component?
  • a) etcd
  • b) kube-apiserver
  • c) kube-dns
  • d) load-balancer
  • Correct Answer: d) load-balancer

CI/CD Pipelines

Evaluate the candidate’s ability to automate and manage deployment pipelines

• Q1: Which tool is commonly used for automating CI/CD pipelines in a Kubernetes environment?
  • a) Jenkins
  • b) Nginx
  • c) Kubernetes Dashboard
  • d) Terraform
  • Correct Answer: a) Jenkins
• Q2: What is the purpose of a pipeline’s staging environment?
  • a) To test application changes in a production-like environment before the final deployment
  • b) To serve production traffic
  • c) To manage persistent storage
  • d) To handle load balancing
  • Correct Answer: a) To test application changes in a production-like environment before the final deployment
• Q3: Which CI/CD model allows for small, frequent updates to be automatically deployed to production?
  • a) Waterfall Model
  • b) Continuous Deployment
  • c) Scrum
  • d) Kanban
  • Correct Answer: b) Continuous Deployment

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Test the candidate’s knowledge of automating infrastructure.

• Q1: Which tool is most commonly used to write infrastructure as code for provisioning cloud resources?
  • a) Jenkins
  • b) Ansible
  • c) Terraform
  • d) Docker
  • Correct Answer: c) Terraform
• Q2: What does Terraform’s plan command do?
  • a) Applies changes to infrastructure
  • b) Provides a preview of changes that will be made to the infrastructure
  • c) Installs Terraform
  • d) Shuts down the infrastructure
  • Correct Answer: b) Provides a preview of changes that will be made to the infrastructure
• Q3: How is Ansible different from Terraform?
  • a) Ansible is used for configuration management, while Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning
  • b) Ansible is only used for container management
  • c) Terraform cannot manage cloud infrastructure
  • d) Ansible does not support CI/CD
  • Correct Answer: a) Ansible is used for configuration management, while Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning

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

One way video interview

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

Use sample question given in scorecard.

Collect other information 

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

Manual candidate profile shortlisting:

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

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

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