I hope you are not saying "voicing thoughts" is the same as "communicating thoughts". The former is just blurting everything you are thinking. This can be hard for folks who can think very quickly but cannot express them quickly with words, e.g., non-native English speakers, visual thinkers (remember they have to explain the pics they draw). The latter is more controlled as it is about distilling and arranging a thought in a way that another person can understand.
IMO a better approach would be to let the candidates to solve the problem while applying their technical skills as they would do naturally. If the candidate solves the problem, then ask away about the solution and how he/she arrived at the solution. [Or do we think asking well-framed questions is hard? ;)] This approach provides a more accurate picture of how the candidates operates.
That said, if you will consider the candidate's operational style in the hiring decision, then you should be up front about it. Even so, if you are looking for candidates with specific operational style, I'd say you are narrowing your picks and losing out on diversity.
That is roughly what we are doing at JankariTech.
The candidate has to work on a programming exercise (btw. we don't care about syntax, the IDE will help you to place the brackets at the right place, nor do we expect the candidate to have a complete solution at the end of the time)
After the programming the candidate comes to the interviewer and explains what she/he had done, what other ideas she had and what would have been the next steps.
We hope that gives a good chance to people who can talk easy, but also to those who first have to think in isolation.
I personally develop ideas while talking, so I find it very easy to 'discuss' with my self, but I know a lot if people who are different. I feel a lot of Western cultures give an unfair advantage to rather chatty people.
I am fine with folks developing ideas while talking but I doubt what one talks about while thinking would make sense or seem coherent to many others. Trying to make sure that the talking is sensible+coherent takes away the focus from the task of thinking.
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I hope you are not saying "voicing thoughts" is the same as "communicating thoughts". The former is just blurting everything you are thinking. This can be hard for folks who can think very quickly but cannot express them quickly with words, e.g., non-native English speakers, visual thinkers (remember they have to explain the pics they draw). The latter is more controlled as it is about distilling and arranging a thought in a way that another person can understand.
IMO a better approach would be to let the candidates to solve the problem while applying their technical skills as they would do naturally. If the candidate solves the problem, then ask away about the solution and how he/she arrived at the solution. [Or do we think asking well-framed questions is hard? ;)] This approach provides a more accurate picture of how the candidates operates.
That said, if you will consider the candidate's operational style in the hiring decision, then you should be up front about it. Even so, if you are looking for candidates with specific operational style, I'd say you are narrowing your picks and losing out on diversity.
That is roughly what we are doing at JankariTech.
The candidate has to work on a programming exercise (btw. we don't care about syntax, the IDE will help you to place the brackets at the right place, nor do we expect the candidate to have a complete solution at the end of the time)
After the programming the candidate comes to the interviewer and explains what she/he had done, what other ideas she had and what would have been the next steps.
We hope that gives a good chance to people who can talk easy, but also to those who first have to think in isolation.
I personally develop ideas while talking, so I find it very easy to 'discuss' with my self, but I know a lot if people who are different. I feel a lot of Western cultures give an unfair advantage to rather chatty people.
Nice practice.
I am fine with folks developing ideas while talking but I doubt what one talks about while thinking would make sense or seem coherent to many others. Trying to make sure that the talking is sensible+coherent takes away the focus from the task of thinking.