Spartez Open Day March 13th 2015
Present ourselves
Get to know you!
Demystify!
Intro: Spartez Story (20 min)
Office Tour & Team Intros (60min)
Jobs @ Spartez (10 min)
Debunking Recruitment Myths (30min)
Q&A (20 min)
Socializing (…)
Agenda
Quiz
The Spartez Story
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First direct contact - blog & e-mail
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Przemek Bielicki

Paweł Niewiadomski

Jacek Jaroczyński

Sławek Ginter

Wojciech Seliga

PiotrEK Maruszak

Łukasz Gumiński

Marek Went

Janusz Gorycki
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SOLIDARITY
PASSION
SACRIFICE
HONESTY
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Our online shop my.spartez.com
released!
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Agile Scrum Cards Print 1.0
Certified ScrumMaster Training	

led by Henrik Kniberg
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ScreenSnipe 1.0 released
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Meeting Room 1.0 released
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Spartez Open Day March 13th 2015
Open Company - No Bullshit

Don't Fuck The Customer

Be The ChangeYou Seek

Great Place to Work

Simplicity
Why Spartez
Values
People
Challenges
Full Responsibility
Global Impact
Good Compensation
Passionate Users
Culture
Good Compensation
Good Compensation
Jobs @ Spartez
Board
FishEye &
Crucible
Bamboo JIRA Spartez	

Products
Principal Product
Manager
Software Architect
QA engineer
UX designer
Principal Dev
Senior Dev
Product
Manager
Senior Web
Developer
Senior Dev Manager
Web
Developer
Web
Developer
Senior Java
Developer
Java Developer
Talent & Administration
English
Web Developer
• Understanding Javascript, DOM and the
browser dynamic behaviour	

• Not JQuery spaghetti master, instead
designing modular code	

• Knowing some backend stuff - big
advantage.We love full-stack guys	

• Master of CSS, HTML5 and various
tempting technologies	

• True engineer, not tinkerer
Java Developer
• Understands how Java (JVM) really works	

• Loves code craftsmanship, but aware of
tradeoffs - pragmatic thinking	

• Competent with concurrency and
networks	

• Has good holistic grasp of Java-based web
servers & related technologies
Product Manager
• Experienced (3+ years) in managing software
product in mass market	

• Technical (software) background is a big plus	

• 7+ years of professional experience in the
industry	

• Product Manager IS NOT Project Manager	

• Market/customer focus vs. process/resources
focus
Principal Product
Manager
• All requirements for Product Manager	

• Very experienced in managing software
product in mass market (5+ years)	

• Experienced in managing people (ideally
other PMs) and hard decisions making	

• 10+ years of professional experience in the
industry
QA Engineer
• Quality Assistant, not Quality Assurance	

• Critical thinking, risk identification, user
thinking and exploratory testing expert 	

• Bug prevention and process improvement
mindset and experience	

• Can think from user perspective 	

• Very technical and with a lot of attention to
detail
UX Designer
• Understands principles of good UX design	

• Proficient with design and research
techniques	

• Passionate about elegant design	

• Understands HTML, JS and CSS - can
prepare their own prototypes	

• 3+ years in similar role
Development Team Lead
• Hands-on guy, at least as good as a senior
developer	

• Capable of leading pizza-size team	

• Experienced with Agile methodologies	

• Awesome at cooperating with various people
and teams	

• Motivates his people and helps them be
better	

• Interested in bigger picture
Senior Development
Manager
• Has not lost his development guru superpowers	

• Loves leading teams/people and making them better.
Does it successfully (proofs).	

• Experienced with Agile and Lean methodologies
(several years or more)	

• Deeply interested in new trends in our industry
(technologies and methodologies)	

• Passion for understanding and shaping the big picture
and sharing it with others
Dev seniority
Focus Technology Product
Solving	

problem
Customer	

Defining the right problem
Needs	

assistance
Independent
Teaching	

others
Impacting 	

the company
Technical
capability
Quality Code L&F
Low Level	

System Design
Usability	

Extensibility
Architecture	

Maintainability
Technical
innovation
Passive
Local	

Introduction
Team	

Buy-in
Company 	

Community
Junior Mid Senior Principal
Knowledge
Span
Fragments 	

of the stack
Most of the	

stack
Complete stack	

and some elements 	

of other stacks
Various stacks	

(deeply!)
Bugs Surprised Disappointed Expecting Leveraging
Dev seniority - cont.
Watching
Questioning	

& proposing
Changing	

teammates
Changing 	

company
Process
Improvement
Change Agent
Big Picture Learning*
Product 	

understanding
Domain	

understanding
Domain expert	

(innovation)
Stance Arrogant “Sokrates”
Open to	

Criticism
Critical
Typical
Experience
1K - 5K hours 3K - 12K hours 7K-20K hours 15K+ hours
Junior Mid Senior Principal
Teaching/
mentoring
Receiver Interns & Juniors Whole team
All people	

(also outside)
Estimation Eager	

Questionable Careful
Reluctant	

Pessimistic
Iterative	

Narrowing
Office Tour
See you at 18:00
Debunking	

Recruitment Myths
Dev Interview Process
Online Test
F2F Tech
Interview
Live Coding
Test
Managerial	

Interview
Cultural Fit	

Interview
Offer
Application
Dev Manager Interview
Process
Online Test
F2F Tech
Interview
Soft Skills &
Process Int.
Syd PM+DM	

Interview
GM	

Interview
Offer
Application
Product Manger
Interview Process
Screening
Questionnaire
F2F Initial	

Interview
PM Interview
PM + DM	

Interview
GM	

Interview
Offer
Application
Spartez doesn't bother
about soft skills, which
are so important
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Spartez asks many
stupid or irrelevant
questions during the
interview
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Spartez destroys
candidates during the
interview
M
yth*
Spartez proposes to
everyone way too low
positions
M
yth
Spartez does hire
women (hate?
complex?)
M
yth
Spartez recruitment
process is very long
H
appens
Spartez hires only
students
M
yth
Spartez rejects
everyone - hiring needs
are fake
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yth
Spartez prefers only
very experienced (old)
folks for more senior
positions
M
yth
Spartez doesn't read CVs.
Spartez automatically
rejects candidates.
M
yth
Spartez offers lower
salary than advertised
bands.
M
yth
Your turn!
Special guests
• Graham Carrick	

• Andrew Semple
Thank you
Have a good time this evening at Spartez!

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