On 5 September 2011 10:19, James Forrester jdforrester@gmail.com wrote:
On 5 September 2011 09:12, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
I humbly assert that this process (many Wikipedians, face to face, in a pub in London) breaks any modern standards of the selection process (e.g. all candidates being asked the same set of questions).
Well, the way I see it it's more that it's an opportunity for the potential Chiefs Executive to consider whether they really want to serve our community - so best behaviour from all attendees, please!
We're always on our best behaviour at London meetups! ;)
Certainly, I wouldn't want the Board to make a decision based on a few idle chats in a pub, but I'm sure they wouldn't.
The candidates going to the pub have already passed several stages of the hiring process, so even if the final decision was made based only on what happened in the pub (which I'm also sure won't be the case) then much more is being implicitly taken into account just by the fact that they've got this far.