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>Candidates pair with members of the engineering team, and work together on problems/projects in the actual CircleCI codebase. This seems like it'll bias to th
by marcinzm 9y ago
>Candidates pair with members of the engineering team, and work together on problems/projects in the actual CircleCI codebase.
This seems like it'll bias to those who can quickly ramp up on a new code base in an unfamiliar environment. Which, in my mind, is a distinct skill from being able to contribute quality code to a code base you already know. I wonder if this is known and acknowledged bias or not at CircleCI.
- paxy 9y agoMost startups I know would consider this the primary requirement for new hires.
- bhasi 9y agoWhile this is true, one could come up with similar arguments for any task put to the interviewee. Not to demean your point, but the interview process _is_ one of elimination after all, and biasing the task to favour certain traits and skills is but one of the ways you can go about it.
- marcinzm 9y agoI totally agree that everything introduces bias, I was more wondering if this was intentional/understood bias or accidental bias.