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So, you/Pivotal are saying you require an entire day after 1st interview to deduce whether an applicant can work for you? Seems you're initially screening by wh

So, you/Pivotal are saying you require an entire day after 1st interview to deduce whether an applicant can work for you? Seems you're initially screening by who can devote that amount of time before anything else. I also assume the shortage/difficulty of finding tech staff doesn't affect the company, given the insistence on this. Do you declare this time requirement in your job ads? I imagine candidates would appreciate knowing this so they wouldn't bother applying in the 1st place.

jacques_chester 9y ago
> Do you declare this time requirement in your job ads? I checked, we don't. You're right that we ought to at least flag it as a possibility. It's worth bearing in mind that it's the last stage. By the time you reach it we've done a résumé review and a recruiter has rung you to describe the RPI and pairing day. There's no up-front time commitment beyond submitting your CV. I imagine lots of people say no at this stage. That's fine. It's actually as it should be, if you think about it. > I also assume the shortage/difficulty of finding tech staff doesn't affect the company, given the insistence on this. It affects us sharply because of this. We do it because we would rather choose colleagues carefully than quickly. Hiring is not a sprint. Every hiring decision is strategic. There are no shortcuts. We pay a heavy price in lost opportunities and we pay it gladly.