Petteri Räty a écrit :
> Currently we really don't need to fail that many
> people as those who end up at that point in the process almost always
> have good enough skills as they have contributed via overlays for quite
> a while.

Ditto on that. Most recruits I've been actively watching these past few 
months (Ford_prefect, nirbheek and now mrpouet) have all been "trained" 
that way :
  - they send us patches for ebuilds
  - we tell them how they are wrong and they fix 'em
  - after a while, they get access to the overlay
  - we still whack them with the cluebat when they break stuff

But the whole overlay process is very positive because it's hands-on 
experience.

The ebuild quiz is usually a very good time for them to reflect on all 
the work they did and they understand more why we had to whack them a 
few times. Things make much more sense for them.

All in all, I would say overlays + the ebuild quiz make for very good 
recruits. I have yet to be disappointed by this recruitment process.

Cheers,

Rémi