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copied!<p>The personality type depends in part on how much leading will this person be doing versus managing the existing workload. I may be off but it would seem that the project management role is partially what this director would be doing and so there should be a clear list of what this person would be doing. If you can work out the details of what this person has to do, that may lead to some clue as things like how well organized are they, how observant of their surrondings are they, etc.</p> <p>Technical background may be useful but I wouldn't think it required. The key is what kinds of people skills, conflict resolution, and motivating people does the candidate have? If the job is partially looking at the code or the system it is running on, then maybe some experience in that area would be appropiate, e.g. if they are expected to know how much capacity is being used by a web server then having been a former Webmaster may be useful.</p> <p>I don't think age would be important, though maturity might. How would they feel about being given this much power? What kinds of goals should they have in mind if they get the job? Don't forget that the person over 30 may be just as new to IT as a fresh college graduate.</p> <p>As for hobbies and other things, you could ask what are they passionate about, what gets their engine running, what do they do for fun? I'd look for whether the hobby is something done alone or as part of a group, how well do they believe their skill to be in that hobby and how well should it be to be part of a group, e.g. if there is an amateur theater group and he is the director just because no one else wanted it that it vastly different to my mind than someone that competed with 20 other people to get that position. Do they volunteer time or give to charity? What kind of working hours should they expect, e.g. is this going to be an almost 24/7 type of position where the person is somewhat always on-call or is it a truly 40 hour work week position.</p> <p>Good luck on finding the right person for the position.</p>

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