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1. Good idea. 2. Will recruiters be involved? - Recruiters are always going to try to be involved in events like this. I guarantee that recruiters will try to
by tankman 17y ago
1. Good idea.
2. Will recruiters be involved?
- Recruiters are always going to try to be involved in events like this. I guarantee that recruiters will try to attend by either posing as candidates in order to meet real candidates or by actually paying the $300 fee to attend as a hiring company. Maybe that's a good thing for hirelite's bottom line but is it a good thing for the event overall? This event seems like a good opportunity to cut recruiters out of the process but there doesn't seem to be any plan here to deal with this unavoidable contingency.
3. It says candidates who want to attend have to pass a programming test to qualify for free admittance.
- Wouldn't the programming test need to be tailored to the job each candidate is applying for - in which case it wouldn't make sense to give a test until during or after the event?
4. Is St Patrick's Day in NYC good or bad timing for a job interview?
5. In real speed dating, the 1-minute date is often strictly enforced. It says the interview will last 5 minutes. Is that a strict 5 minutes?
- nathanh 17y ago1. Thanks! 2. Recruiters will not be involved. They are one of the main reasons I created this - to get job seekers and companies talking directly. 3. Currently, the programming test is pretty simple (less than 10 lines of code) and is meant to qualify people that show up. We don't want to put people with no programming ability in front of companies. 4. Thank you so much for catching that. The date is actually the 16th (typo before). 5. We enforce the 5 minute limit.
- tankman 17y ago- How will you identify a recruiter? Often they pretend to be a hiring company. And are you committed enough to the idea of them not attending that you are willing to turn down their offers to pay the $300 attendance fee?
- nathanh 17y agoI'm glad you're a stickler about recruiters. I am too. I am 100% committed to not having recruiters at this event, even if it means turning down money. They will ruin the experience. For this particular event, the attendees will be primarily companies I know who are hiring and companies that read HN. I'll be monitoring the companies that sign up and kicking out people that I think are recruiters. I have a good handle on who is hiring tech talent in NYC right now, so I know the companies that are likely to show up. If they're not on my mental list, I'll be suspicious.