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From: Ugurcan Kutluoglu
Date: Nov 16, 2018 10:58AM

I recently stumbled on these accessibility interview questions by Scott
O'Hara. Might be helpful.

https://github.com/scottaohara/accessibility_interview_questions

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 7:00 AM Reinhard Stebner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Yes, this does make a lot of sense. The folks who are interviewing for
> want a consistent way to evaluate people coming through the door to make
> sure that they have bass accessibility skill sets.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 16, 2018, at 8:42 AM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > Tools, tools, tools. Every company wants to automate the process. Smiles.
> >
> > There is more to a candidate than just the WCAG skills.
> >
> > What is the job description?
> > Will the candidate be working with clients?
> > What is that candidates collaboration skills are?
> > What about his professional speaking and writing skills?
> > Is the candidate able to handle customer service, because he or she will
> be
> > dealing with the client whether while providing a report or consultation
> > throughout the SDLC?
> > Is the candidate willing to put his or her ego at the door and work with
> > peers in a collaborative manner?
> >
> > All of those personal traits and much more are not looked at carefully
> when
> > looking for any employee especially in this area, because the supply is
> > scarce.
> >
> > I interviewed multiple candidates throughout my career and found not not
> to
> > be fit to represent me or my team. Some of them had outstanding WCAG and
> > development skills, but that was it. Professional skills were terrible.
> >
> > I would suggest you look at the whole package and not just focus on a
> tool
> > that would assess the candidate's WCAG or technical knowledge. That is
> the
> > easy part. Through a quick interview, you can identify if the candidate
> is
> > qualified or not. Yet, to know the personality of that candidate is quite
> > hard, because some are good at concealing that during an interview.
> >
> > Just food for thought.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >