Not necessarily, considering the amount of traffic this site gets. That's 150 out of 13,792. Around 1%.

Hey guys

my boss and I are looking to hire an intern. We want to ask him to create dashboard with tableau or qlik

not sure yet

we want to evaluate

if the intern has the capacities to do it on an autonomous manner

we will provide guidance

but he will need to be able to progress by himself

@AndyK I'm not seeing a question here

hey @kaz

i'm more rubber ducking

As I said, I'm trying to hire an intern to alleviate my boss and my workload

I'm trying to find the right questions to ask

but it is a tricky one

I've managed my own share of people but I did not do a lot of recruiting

@AndyK If you need this person to be productive, you're not hiring an "Intern", you're hiring a Junior Developer and/or a contractor, depending on your timeframe.

we want to hire an intern but that intern maybe a gateway to something longer

a longer contract mean

it is for sure that we cannot expect someone to be fully productive *

when you are hiring an intern

but at least, he can do some basic things

our expectation will be low

I don't want to be a tyrant for that kid

just helping us to do some basic stuff

and see how it goes

IMO, if you need some specific thing building/doing, with some specific technical skills, then think of this a hiring a junior dveloper with certain skills requirements and interview accordingly. If not, then I'm a big fan of Joel's criteria for hiring people:

"Smart and gets things done"

@Kaz I'm not fan of Joel Spolsky's rule

it can mean anything and nothing

We need someone who can solve some basic problems

maybe a junior will be more fitted

but right now, I'll have to interview that kid

@Kaz thanks for the rubber-ducking, it helped me with some insights