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His point, that hiring process is not a scientific process, is probably correct. But the same is true about performance review process (in my opinion). At best,
by dandare 9y ago
His point, that hiring process is not a scientific process, is probably correct. But the same is true about performance review process (in my opinion). At best, the performance review is unscientific and biased, at worst it is a popularity contest, while usually, it is a formality.
> I've never had an interview that tried to evaluate my ability to work in a team or prioritize tasks - both of which are probably more important to doing well in a software engineering job than being able to find anagrams in O(n) time.
And I have never seen a test that could reliably evaluate your "ability to work in a team or prioritize tasks".
The hiring process is usually unscientific because making it reliably scientific is very expensive.
- ataturk 9y agoPerformance reviews are designed to be gamed by managers. I have never seen one that a) wasn't gamed and b) had any scientific basis whatsoever.
- rafiki6 9y agoYes, but what about the commonly trotted out line of "hiring mistakes are expensive so we'd prefer to not hire than make a mistake". Perfect example of having cake and eating it...You have to eat the cost somewhere. Either it's in the hiring process, the firing of a bad employee, or spinning your wheels waiting for the right candidate.