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> If an elite candidate balks [something personally negative about them] It could also be that your interview process is bad and you should change it. Perhaps
by lhnz 10y ago
> If an elite candidate balks [something personally negative about them]
It could also be that your interview process is bad and you should change it.
Perhaps the elite candidate is a canary in a coal mine, and fixing your interview would help your less privileged interviewees, too?
- tptacek 10y agoYour interview process probably _is_ bad. Having preferred candidates bypass entirely while leaving it there for people who aren't cool kids isn't the solution.
- STRML 10y agoLabeling known engineers as "cool kids" is an easy way to dismiss it without addressing the very hard question: how do you condense weeks or even months of getting to know someone's skills into mere hours? If you know someone personally or have someone you trust vouch for him/her, is that not a pretty good way to focus your decision? Those of us who don't have days or weeks to waste interviewing do what we can to build a good team. Yeah, that often means allowing good engineers to fall through the cracks, but we're all optimizing for time & effort.
- lhnz 10y agoNo, what I mean is that if you rate the cool kids as better than the normal candidates, then it suggests that the cool kids do not think your test is an appropriate measure of ability. If that is the case, either the cool kids are wrong and your test is doing an excellent job of evaluating your candidates, or they are right and you should find a new test which they and other candidates will be able to go through.
- ambicapter 10y ago> Perhaps the elite candidate is a canary in a coal mine, and fixing your interview would help your less privileged interviewees, too? Yes, exactly. After all, fancy new dev is here to help your company, right? Well, make his first job contributing his insight and expertise to the interview process.