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This level of paranoia is kind of amusing. If you take the time to review a resume thoroughly and ask thoughtful technical questions about a candidate's past w
by 7Figures2Commas 11y ago
This level of paranoia is kind of amusing.
If you take the time to review a resume thoroughly and ask thoughtful technical questions about a candidate's past work in the phone screen, the phone screen is almost always going to be a painful and embarrassing experience for a lying candidate. And such a candidate will virtually never make it past a reference check.
The problem is that most companies are lazy. Hiring managers don't read resumes closely and wing it (i.e. jump on phone screens without preparing). Reference checks? What are those?
- g8gggu89 11y agoIt's hilarious that you think this is paranoia. I almost wish I could live in your rose-tinted world, where no one lied ever, references were a good way to judge coding ability, and apparently all new grads magically have relevant references. People can memorize the key features of OOP, but still not be able to use it. So do you not hire new grads? Do you never hire someone with an extensive background in C, because you dare not quiz anyone and you don't want to risk hiring someone who can't really ever get a handle on OOP? Are you going to pay the total cost of all these people, who probably won't last 3 months? What's even sillier is that I bet most people, given the option, would prefer to try solving some small problems for a short period of time if they knew it could help their chances of getting the job. Why wouldn't you if you knew you were competent?