A couple of things - do not make the interviewee embarrassed. You want to see if the relationship would work. If they are good.. you want to sell organisation to them and make them join you. "How would you go about doing (something easy) ..." three good answers are a) I don't know or b ) I'd go and ask .... c)a technical explanation. See if they mention relevant (unprompted) keywords. No one is perfect. They should feel you are helping them. Answering the first question right will give them confidence. Then ask a harder question, and keep going deeper until they struggle.
Would you want them in your team? There may be no perfect applicant. You may have to be satisfied with someone who can do 50% - and grow the rest. In one of my three interviews after I left Uni ( 45 years ago) we discussed singing Beethoven's choral symphony. The company got to know if I was a loner, or a team player. You want a bit of both. On Tue, 27 May 2025 at 15:19, rpinion865 < 0000042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I will be retiring in early June 2025. My manager asked if I would be > interested in doing part-time work for my current employer. > While I have mixed feeling regarding continued work, I agreed to the > part-time schedule. My wife and I will be spending time > in Eastern Europe for several months, starting in early June 25. While my > manager would prefer to keep me, he is being asked > by my employer to interview possible candidates for my position. If a > suitable person is not found, my part-time work could be > extended. > > With all of that said, I have been asked to participate in the interview > process. I have always been on the interviewee side of > the table, never the interviewer. I would appreciate it very much, if the > list could give me questions to ask during the interview > process. The person needs to be a z/OS generalist, with experience in > installing and maintaining z/OS and ISV products, > RACF administration, DASD administration, TS77xx/GRID configuration, > DR/BCP planning and execution, DASD replication > (IBM DS8xxx or HDS), and performance and tuning. Thanks in advance. > > "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." > > Bugs Bunny > > Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
