Candidate Assessment

STEAM Camp Senior Project Manager

• Note job description is similar to an Event Planner.

Assessment:

Learning and Esteem

• Are they not afraid to ask questions? Qualitative.
• Are they quick to determine what is already available in documentation vs not?
• Are they out of box - ie, suggest answers that I have not thought of here?
• Can they teach me things?
• Can they give direction?
• Do they take direction well?

Openness

• Do they work openly? Ie, log, hours
• Do they ask questions before assuming things?
• Can they use basic management tools such as Scrumy and Spreadsheets as opposed to nonscalable alternatives? Rationale: simplicity is humility - for access by many people.

Communication

• Are they responsive, or do they disappear into a black hole?
• Do they answer questions on email, or do they avoid them like they didn't exist without you knowing if they read it or what happened?
• Is communication clear and easy on deliverables, or do they do things that are not relevant to spec?

Positive Psychology

• Are they pleasant to be around (the General Purpose Nice Guy), or do they whine, assume, or get overly assertive?

Humility and Arrogance

• Are they combative in their assertions? This would not work for me.
• Do they learn effectively?
• Do they have confidence?
• Do they think that the more they know, the more they know that they don't know?
• Do they believe that they cannot do it alone? That EVERYTHING can be better when we do it together?
• Can they use SIMPLE TOOLS? This is an ultimate test of humility: using things that anyone can access.

Working with ED

• Do they respect my time?
• Do they envision that the business model could work? Not essential.
• Are they excited about developing a business model that changes the world? They don't have to understand it, but must be excited about engaging a challenge larger than themselves by leveraging collaboration.
• They must be inspiring - where inspiration is getting called to something larger than yourself - which is a true sign of humility as well.
• Are they inspiring to work with, because they are inspired?
• Do they have a good and smart work ethic, or do they look for the lazy and dumb way?
• Do they get many things done better than I could?

Collaboration

• Do they share source for work product? Essential.
• Do they share source for process? Essential to some degree.
• Do they see the value of publishing protocol etc openly? Nonessential.
• Do they use open tools? Docs, FreeCAD, OBS, Kdenlive, FreeCAD, Inkscape

Proactive and Effective

• Do they start their own indexes to clarify structure?
• Do they find out things on their own, or do I need to spoon feed them?
• Are they experienced?
• Are they inexperienced but quick to learn?
• Do they _get_ the wiki sandbox concept?

High Level Competence

• Can they notice certain documentation needs - such as basic collaboration How To videos - to on-board people faster?

Resourcefulness and Networking

• Are they resourceful in coming up with venues for recruiting instructors?
• When faced with a problem, do they look to expand resources or do they work within limits? Either could be ok.

Complexity Management

• Do they leverage the wiki for hypertext?
• Do they edit the wiki to create their own indexes?
• What are their techniques for complexity management?