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Data point: I advertised a job on whoishiring and within a day had received 40+ strong resumes (and 100+ overall). I only made it through maybe 5 before I found

Data point: I advertised a job on whoishiring and within a day had received 40+ strong resumes (and 100+ overall). I only made it through maybe 5 before I found the one we hired. I responded "thanks for hiring" to as many of the others as I could before I had to get back to my regular duties. Unfortunately, many got no reply at all. I would scan some the later ones sometimes just to see if maybe even better folks had applied. Yes, there were probably even stronger folks who applied later but I had to make a move and go for the earlier guy or risk losing the known (at the time) quantity. I'm sure this is pretty standard for most people hiring on HN. I wouldn't take it too personally.

hobolord 11y ago
Yeah I'd expect this is pretty standard, what bugs me is when I reply and don't get a response, and see the posting again for the next month.
- Throwaway01189 11y ago
  I imagine that my response will be heavily criticized, but as someone who hires people regularly, I throw away any application with bad grammar. In my experience, the most versatile and successful candidates can not only program, but can also write properly. The above sentence, "Yeah I'd expect this is pretty standard, what bugs me is when..." is a comma splice. You should replace the comma with a semicolon or a period. "Yeah I'd expect this is pretty standard," and "what bugs me is when..." are independent clauses and thus should not be be split with a comma. Maybe you're more careful with your applications, but it's easy for these types of things to slip in if such errors are habitual. It may be hurting your chances, as I'm probably not the only grammar Nazi out there.
  - hobolord 11y ago
    Yeah I'll agree with you. I don't usually proofread any of my comments online (maybe I should). Funny thing is that I once considered getting a major in English.

hobolord 11y ago

Yeah I'd expect this is pretty standard, what bugs me is when I reply and don't get a response, and see the posting again for the next month.

Throwaway01189 11y ago
I imagine that my response will be heavily criticized, but as someone who hires people regularly, I throw away any application with bad grammar. In my experience, the most versatile and successful candidates can not only program, but can also write properly. The above sentence, "Yeah I'd expect this is pretty standard, what bugs me is when..." is a comma splice. You should replace the comma with a semicolon or a period. "Yeah I'd expect this is pretty standard," and "what bugs me is when..." are independent clauses and thus should not be be split with a comma. Maybe you're more careful with your applications, but it's easy for these types of things to slip in if such errors are habitual. It may be hurting your chances, as I'm probably not the only grammar Nazi out there.
- hobolord 11y ago
  Yeah I'll agree with you. I don't usually proofread any of my comments online (maybe I should). Funny thing is that I once considered getting a major in English.