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Does this interviewing methodology mean that you only hire devs that don't currently have a gig or have vacation days to blow on the possibility of getting a jo
by mdellabitta 11y ago
Does this interviewing methodology mean that you only hire devs that don't currently have a gig or have vacation days to blow on the possibility of getting a job with you?
- interpol_p 11y agoWe do have an initial hour meeting with candidates just to get to know them and propose the trial if they seem like a possibility. Wouldn't most people take a day off to interview somewhere? I know I wouldn't be comfortable ducking out for a few hours to interview — it would feel tense and uncomfortable. Facebook, and I'm sure many other places, do full-day interviews. It's certainly not unusual.
- mdellabitta 11y agoI guess I'm not really thinking this is a hardship on the interviewee, but wondering more if you're implicitly filtering your candidate pool. But you make good points.
- 6d0debc071 11y ago> Wouldn't most people take a day off to interview somewhere? Not always possible. One of the big annoyances when I was working for a company was that if I wanted time off it was two weeks notice. Doesn't work particularly well when the interview invitation tends to be more along the lines of, 'Hi, your interview date is next week.'
- humanrebar 11y agoOr maybe you have had many life events (births, deaths, etc.) and your employer wasn't very understanding. So you've already burned all your time off and are ready to find an employer who's a better fit.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoSick days?
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoand do you pay them my day rate is £500 :-)
- rokhayakebe 11y agoMy thinking is when you require a day of someone, or anything above 2 hours, you pay them. That is whether or not you hire them.