Posts tagged "recruit PHP developer"

Hiring the Right PHP Developer

Hiring the right PHP developer can be very tricky. You really can’t tell how resourceful or talented someone is until you hire them. Also, you can’t tell how motivated or how good a fit they are until they start working in the company. Qubit Labs has provided us with some inside tips to help you find a PHP programmer or team that is just right for your company’s needs.

PHP (Personal Home Pages), otherwise known as Hypertext Preprocessor, is a server-side scripting language used to develop websites or Web applications. A PHP developer is one who uses PHP to develop programs, applications, and web resources. Many specialize in software or web development. PHP coders have three levels of expertise: junior, middle, and senior. Before hiring one, you need to know which level of expertise your company will need since their salaries vary significantly according to rank.

1. Junior PHP

Soft skills: Team worker, good communicator, good time management, analytical thinking, multitasking, problem-solving, and strategic planning.

Training: Know server-side processes and programming, be able to implement front-end interfaces from design mockups, be able to write, test, and debug PHP code

Critical thinking: Be able to find technical solutions as required by the company, collaborate with designers on code customization, design mock web pages, and transform them into functional ones.

2. Middle PHP Developer

Soft skills: proficient in English, good team communications, analytical reporting to superiors, timely completion of products.

Training: At least two years of PHP development experience, OOP skills, practical expertise in HTML, CSS, JQuery, parsing XML, and JS frameworks, good command in PostgreSQL, MySQL, code refactoring, unit tests writing, and Kanban code.

Critical thinking:

-being able to estimate the time needed for a project and to complete within that time limit,

– the capability to produce and update technical documentation, to work on projects of various scales and sizes.

3. Senior PHP Developer

Training: A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Technology, at least six years of experience with PHP, LAMP stack, and MySQL, Advanced skills in PHP customization and OOP skills, expertise in JS frameworks, Laravel, and WordPress.

Soft skills: Being able to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies.

The future for PHP apps

In 2021, PHP is still one of the top ten programming languages worldwide. Github predicts that PHP will probably be in fourth place through the years 2015-2018. In February of 2019, TIOBE gave it the 8th place ranking (compared to the 7th place a year before). The reasons it will probably remain popular in the next few years are its key features. First of all its open-source, flexible, universal, and user-friendly. Secondly, it is compatible with Apache, IIS, and MySQL interfaces. Next, it’s easy to learn, has low costs in developing and maintaining, gives the developer a high level of control, and is independent of platforms. Finally, PHP has OOP support and can host CMS platforms such as Drupal and WordPress.

How to hire a PHP Developer

Before you decide who to choose, you need to take the following steps in hiring a PHP programmer.

1). Create a job description ( It should include experience and training needed and how many developers you need.)

2). Structure your development team (How many programmers are needed, will you or the team provide a project manager?)

3). Choose a recruiter based on your requirements (time zone, country, and terms of employment).

4). Draw the contract and NDA

5). Get acquainted with your new recruiter.

6). Give specific directions for your project

7). Review PHP developers ‘ resumes and stay in touch with your recruiter.

8). Conduct job interviews.

9). Hire the talents you need.

10). Conduct a meeting to get candidates acquainted with the rest of the team and to update them.

20 Questions to ask during an interview

Once you have narrowed down your list of candidates, the next step is to ask the correct questions during the interview so you can assess how competent they are if they are suited for your team. Here are the questions you should ask.

1). What is PHP?

2). What other languages are similar to PHP?

3). Why do you like using PHP?

4). What are the limitations of PHP, and how do you address them?

5). What does PEAR stand for?

6). How can you export data from PHP to Excel?

7). Is PHP an OOP language?

8). Which tag is most common when embedding PHP into HTML?

9). Which errors can occur in PHP, and how can you differentiate them?

10). Can maximum execution time be set in the PHP script?

11). How do the “post” and “get” commands differ?

12). How can you connect a PHP script to a MySQL database?

13). How do you display text with a PHP script?

14). How is the image function used in PHP?

15). How can you report errors in PHP?

16). Can you destroy a cookie in PHP?

17). How do you initiate a PHP session?

18). Can HTML tags be removed from data?

19). How do you check if a given variable is empty?

20). Can a COM component be used in PHP?

Do not limit your interview questions to include only these. Ask other questions more specific to your project and work ethic. Also, provide a test or ask them to code so you can see how skilled the candidate actually is.