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Seems like the more employers complain about the lack of available labor, the more they ratchet up the pointless interview hazing. It's hard to take their claim

Seems like the more employers complain about the lack of available labor, the more they ratchet up the pointless interview hazing. It's hard to take their claims of 'no one is available' when they're so capricious in tossing away potential employees.

cdoxsey 9y ago
One thing I've noticed, it's often not the employer at fault but the employees. Engineers reject candidates for extremely pedantic reasons (for example, he used a dict instead of a defaultdict, which some will take as a signal that the developer doesn't know python). I suspect that if you were to interview current employees 50% of them would fail the interview.
- maxxxxx 9y ago
  That's my feeling too.
- oceanghost 9y ago
  The worse a programmer-- the more biting his questions. They'll google some trivia before the meeting to look smart, then reject the candidate to feel good about himself.
junkscience2017 9y ago
Currently I see a lot of companies that are hiring but few that really need people. This might sound contradictory but most large tech companies seem to have a policy of constantly interviewing and assessing candidates if only to prevent them from joining the competition. Or, it is a matter of adding a sixth person to a five person team...nice to have, but not critical. This process gets it's liquidity from the unbelievable churn in our industry. I can tell on the other hand when a company needs people badly...one phone screen, a short onsite...offer. A company in desperate need to hire is also too busy to lose an entire day interviewing candidates that will most likely be rejected. I feel that the FANG companies are in fact probably overstaffed but are also subject to the same churn they are exploiting. But hey, ultimately this abusive process persists because we allow it to, and 99% of the time your interviewer just wants a giant ego massage. I usually dedicate a little time telling my interviewer how brilliant they are...this is what they want so just give it to them

cdoxsey 9y ago

One thing I've noticed, it's often not the employer at fault but the employees. Engineers reject candidates for extremely pedantic reasons (for example, he used a dict instead of a defaultdict, which some will take as a signal that the developer doesn't know python). I suspect that if you were to interview current employees 50% of them would fail the interview.

maxxxxx 9y ago
That's my feeling too.
oceanghost 9y ago
The worse a programmer-- the more biting his questions. They'll google some trivia before the meeting to look smart, then reject the candidate to feel good about himself.

junkscience2017 9y ago

Currently I see a lot of companies that are hiring but few that really need people. This might sound contradictory but most large tech companies seem to have a policy of constantly interviewing and assessing candidates if only to prevent them from joining the competition. Or, it is a matter of adding a sixth person to a five person team...nice to have, but not critical. This process gets it's liquidity from the unbelievable churn in our industry. I can tell on the other hand when a company needs people badly...one phone screen, a short onsite...offer. A company in desperate need to hire is also too busy to lose an entire day interviewing candidates that will most likely be rejected. I feel that the FANG companies are in fact probably overstaffed but are also subject to the same churn they are exploiting. But hey, ultimately this abusive process persists because we allow it to, and 99% of the time your interviewer just wants a giant ego massage. I usually dedicate a little time telling my interviewer how brilliant they are...this is what they want so just give it to them