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That's refreshing. Just the other day I was asking at another HN thread how employed people are supposed to be going to full day interviews (sometimes in diffe
by outworlder 10y ago
That's refreshing.
Just the other day I was asking at another HN thread how employed people are supposed to be going to full day interviews (sometimes in different states!). "take sick days". No, that's BS.
The only situation that I think it would be worthwhile is if both parties were as certain as they could be at that point that the candidate would be actually selected. Then it would make sense to give the applicant some actual work and allow they to sit with their likely future peers.
My memory may be failing me, but I seem to recall Joel Spolsky talking about doing this.
- chrisseaton 10y agoWhy would you need to take sick days anyway? Just take a normal day off surely?
- teh_klev 10y agoPossibly because in many countries such as the US ten days per year of paid annual leave is the norm. You'll burn through that fairly quick on full day interviews.
- chrisseaton 10y agoMaybe as part of the offer the hiring company could re-imburse you as many holiday days as it took to get the job (including interviews at other companies). Or maybe companies should offer interview slots on a weekend (obviously give the interviewer time off in lieu).
- kafkaesq 10y agoOne way or another, "sick days + vacation days" is strictly (and severely) bounded in most U.S. companies. You only have so many days in the year for dentists appointments, going with your kids to their appointments, etc. So the bottom line is that full day interviews are quite expensive to take for most people.