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Hazing? Really? Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a g

• marknutter 11y ago
  Yeah, that sounds about right.
  • kelvin0 11y ago
    Maybe you should tell us which companies haze the potential candidates so we can steer clear of them? At least some hints?
    • kafkaesq 11y ago
      Overly complex algorithm questions (that the interviewer expects an immediate, near-optimal solution to -- even though they were open in the literature for several years before these solutions were found); or reasonably enough questions that just aren't articulated properly (this happens amazingly often); gratuitous brain teasers, or "Carnac the Magnificent"[1] question so any sort; or just the sheer duration of some of these one-way, "prove to me you aren't a liar or an idiot, while I play with my cellphone" sessions (6-8 hours over multiple visits); and then, quite often, dealing with the candidate in a desultory fashion afterwards -- all qualify as borderline hazing, in my book. [1] https://raganwald.com/2015/05/08/carnac-the-magnificent.html https://raganwald.com/2015/05/08/carnac-the-magnificent.html