[python-uk] Python Developers - ReportLab, Wimbledon, London

Andy Robinson andy at reportlab.com
Tue Dec 11 12:48:39 CET 2012


On 11 December 2012 11:45, Matt Hamilton <matth at netsight.co.uk> wrote:
> We just submitted a job ad to a University placement scheme site and there was a whole load of info there about what you can and can't say. e.g. you couldn't ask for someone 'energetic' as it implied ageism. *facepalm* I remember a while back someone from aUniversity IT dept looking at me in horror at our job advert. They said they had to ask *exactly* the same questions of each candidate regardless of how the candidate answered or whether relevant or not. Seemed to me impossible to actually assess someone's ability or suitability if they were that strict.
>

Brilliant.  I wonder if the same rules apply to students and academics
they interview?


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