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>So if you come on site with us, you're going to have four sessions. That’s our ‘right’ number, because we don’t want to ask too much time from candidates and b
by ainar-g 8y ago
>So if you come on site with us, you're going to have four sessions. That’s our ‘right’ number, because we don’t want to ask too much time from candidates and be grueling, but we also need to have enough data points. The four sessions include three evaluations sessions with the team, each an hour long. Then there’s a session with the hiring manager, usually me, so I can answer any questions about how the team works
Did I read this correctly? Four hours? Is this over one day or several?
Most people I know won't even touch a job listing with more than two interviews.
- bytematic 8y agoCracking the Coding Interview mentions that up to 6 can be expected
- Cacti 8y agoYes well, people say a lot of things.
- sotojuan 8y agoMost people you know aren’t the average applicant who’ll put up with that and whiteboarding to get a job. My company also does 3-4 hour interviews and we’ve have no trouble getting experienced, talented people to do them.
- ctvo 8y agoWhen you say most people, who are you referencing? Day long loops are the norm for my social circle. As in, get in at 9am, leave at 1-2pm. That includes lunch for an informal round.
- ainar-g 8y agoI guess I needed to be clearer there. I meant experienced programmers in Moscow, Russia. For the most part it's either one Skype call (<= 30m) and one personal interview (1h - 1h30) or two personal interviews. There are exceptions though. I've heard Yandex requiring at least four interviews, but my colleagues all tell me that they wouldn't agree to proceed on such terms. Apparently, looking for a job is a much more tedious process in the US.
- pkaye 8y agoI once interviewed at Apple many years back. Personal interviews with 19 people over 2 days! Well a few of them were in pairs (I presumed they were training their engineers to interview also.) I didn't make it through however not for technical reasons but cultural fit (maybe I didn't act fanatical enough about Apple products?)
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoIn the US it is basically a form of hazing. If you can make it through their process, you'll be accepted as part of the "family". blah blah.
- LandR 8y agoInterviews here are normally 30 mins on phone or Skype and around 90 mins face to face. There no way in hell I'm doing hours of interviews for one company. I also know very few developers who would put up that sort of process.
- rpedela 8y agoWhere is "here"? Talking to 4-5 people in SV and large tech firms is common in my experience.
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- tytytytytytytyt 8y agoAnd in Seattle.
- opportune 8y agoWhat? These aren’t on different days, these are on the same day. It is normal even for very good companies (big 4, top quant firms) to have around this many interviews
- tchaffee 8y agoI would love four hours and the chance to talk to that many tech people on the team. I'm going to be spending the large majority of my waking hours with these people five days a week. I want to get to know the team as well as possible before making a decision like that. A good interview process isn't just about seeing if I'm the right person for them. It's also about me deciding if they are the right people for me.
- tytytytytytytyt 8y agoFour hours is fairly common.