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At Compose (YC, S11) we had a two part hiring method. The first was a blind work-sample. You had unlimited time to complete it. Identifying information was obfu
by goodroot 9y ago
At Compose (YC, S11) we had a two part hiring method. The first was a blind work-sample. You had unlimited time to complete it. Identifying information was obfuscated and graders would yes/no objective criteria. The best samples proceeded to the "work day".
During the work day, you'd join is in Slack for 8 hours. You'd need to ask probing questions to mock-up our infrastructure and pitch a feature based on "how we work".
One could try to cheat on the first part, but there is no chance one could have bamboozled us during the work day.
For our technical writing positions we had some instances of outright plagiarism, but no instances of anyone trying to cheat the coding sample.
- achievingApathy 9y agoJust out of curiosity, how many people applied vs. made it through the blind work-sample vs. the work day? I think this is a great system, but I'm not sure I could keep a team of engineers actively engaged in answering infrastructure questions while at the same time trying to get their own work done. Was that an issue?
- wikibob 9y agoAre you still working at Compose? I'm curious how the IBM mandate of all remote workers going back to an office every day has affected Compose.
- fragmede 9y ago> During the work day, you'd join is in Slack for 8 hours. That's amazing! For everybody else that shares my amazement, I found https://www.compose.com/articles/how-compose-uses-interviewed-com-and-slack-to-automate-blind-hiring/ https://www.compose.com/articles/how-compose-uses-interviewe... that touches on said hiring practice, but I'd love to hear more.
- alasdair_ 9y agoHow much did you pay people for the two days worth of work?
- alasdair_ 9y agoHow much did you pay people for the two days worth of work?