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In that time I’ve reviewed a total of 251 resumes. 63 of those have gone on to an interview (25% of applications received) That statistic stuck out to me and
by jasode 11y ago
In that time I’ve reviewed a total of 251 resumes.
63 of those have gone on to an interview (25% of applications received)
That statistic stuck out to me and it looks really high. When I've gone through resumes for technical positions, less than 5% looked like something we'd want to set up an interview for. I'm guessing places like Google and Facebook interview less than 1% of their stacks of resumes. Is anyone else in that 25% acceptance range for interviewing programming positions?
- balac 11y agoIt seems like the asynchronous approach that they take to interviews makes it easier to do more of them.
- sandyarmstrong 11y agoThe asynchronous text interview seems less expensive in both time and money for Automattic. Perhaps that lets them get away with a higher interview rate?
- startlaunch 11y agoNote: This is after a pre-screen from Matt Mullenweg (Automattic's founder & CEO). Matt only passes on the applications that look good to him. Hence the high ratio.
- dudul 11y agoMay also depend on how they got the resume. People applying in reaction to an ad? Recruiters? The "quality"of the resumes may depend on the source.
- gnicholas 11y agoThis is probably because the resumes that the writer receives have already been pre-screened by the CEO. I tend to think that this pre-screening likely means that they are underinclusive—if anything—in moving candidates through the process. That is probably OK for a company like Automattic, which gets tons of resumes. But for a startup that has less name recognition, it could be more of a problem. Very interest read, overall!
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