Good Candidate Credentials
Ability to be Coached (1)
- If they are coachable it is a yes
- If they aren’t coachable, give them a book and feedback as to why
Qualifications (1)
- PSM III is a top qualification and you will go to the top of the list
Interview Tasks
Suggested Tasks (1)
- Teach me scrum on a whiteboard
- If they go off topic, then can ask them questions to see if they are coachable
- Facilitate a daily scrum
- Preferably use the team that they will be the Scrum Master for
- Look for if the team focus their attention on the SM, what do they do?
- Does the SM try and make it a status meeting
- Facilitate a retro
- Sending them in cold, with no preparation time
- If they do ‘What went well, What went bad, What could go better’ – ask him/her to do something else, and if they don’t’ know anything else then co-facilitate with them
Interview Questions
Curiosity (1)
- Ask them, ‘what are you reading?’
- SM needs to be curious all the time
- If their answer is that they don’t read anything, it is a big red flag
References
- Fixing Your Scrum webinar through Scrum.org on 26th March 2020
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