Talent assessment in software development firms

Developing talents in a firm starts by the acquisition of the right candidates. The firm should have a well-defined process to acquire highly talented people. Software development companies constantly look for fresh graduates for strategic and economic reasons. Fresh graduates usually require intensive training to pick up on the pace of the new job requirements. Several software development companies started conducting in-house training for carefully selected candidates who passed a comprehensive placement test followed by a technical interview. At the end of this training, only highly qualified trainees will be hired for full time positions. In this paper, we present a number of methods for talent assessment in software development companies followed by a questionnaire completed by 11 software engineers in a software company in Jordan.