It’s a hot potato. A question that plunges both recruitment and development forums into flurries of impassioned debate. Should you set coding challenges when interviewing for IT or web development positions? Here’s some guidance.
Lynsey Skinner
Lynsey Skinner
Recruitment Manager - IT Division
Lynsey has over 14 years of recruitment experience, all of which have been with Cathedral Appointments! She initially ran our office division before utilising previous knowledge and experience by taking on the IT Division in 2016. She can also be found running around sorting IT issues in the office for the rest of the team!
Recruitment specialities include:
- IT Director, Head of IT, IT Manager, IT Systems Manager Recruitment
- Systems Administrator, IT Technician, IT Support Recruitment
- Developers, Software Developers, Web Developers, Front End, Back End and Full Stack Developer Recruitment
- Database Administrator, DBA, Data Analyst, Data Scientist Recruitment
- Web Developers Recruitment
- IT Project Manager Recruitment
- Business Analyst Recruitment
- Salary Advice and Salary Benchmarking
- Local Job Market Information
- Talent Attraction Techniques
Should you use coding tests during a web development interview?
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Lynsey Skinner
Published on 24 July, 2018
The South West IT Jobs
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Lynsey Skinner
Published on 24 July, 2018
For many, the South West does not spring to mind as a hub of innovation and technology! Perhaps London, Manchester or Birmingham would come in higher on the list.
Devon’s digital upgrade: how the local infrastructure is going superfast
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Lynsey Skinner
Published on 24 July, 2018
Rural internet access? You might already be conjuring up imagery of the same old stereotype: pages loading at a painful crawl, image-free text failing to fill the page and connections so jittery you might as well be relying on 90’s dial-up. As for HD streaming? Forget it.
What is a hackathon and why should you be interested?
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Lynsey Skinner
Published on 24 July, 2018
The workspace is alive with the sound of typing. The collective clatter of keys dancing to the beat of discovery. A hive mind buzzing with the thrum of creativity. That sound you hear is a hackathon: people pulling together in search of a common goal.
Getting a job in the West Country as a web/software developer
Posted by
Lynsey Skinner
Published on 20 July, 2018
One day the world will explode in a supernova of syntax errors, if-then statements and while loops. Until then developers are going to continue to be in demand.
5 IT Interview Questions you should prepare for
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Lynsey Skinner
Published on 20 July, 2018
IT interviews are a unique beast. Alongside the generic interview questions that have been included since before the dinosaurs, your technical skills are going to be put to the test too.
5 CV Advice Essentials for IT and Developer roles
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Lynsey Skinner
Published on 20 July, 2018
Competition for IT and developer roles is increasingly fierce - from junior posts right up to board-level positions. If you want to make the vacancy yours, you have to impress from the start. Here’s our IT CV Advice….
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