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Thanks for answering, I was curious about the time because I know large tech companies will fly people in for day long interviews. But I've only been on the re

Thanks for answering, I was curious about the time because I know large tech companies will fly people in for day long interviews. But I've only been on the receiving end of a couple of interviews(funnily enough the last one was by sctb before he left for ycombinator) and they were all less than 3 hrs of my time from resume to offer. And I was worried a longer process might turn off candidates unless we have strong brand recognition, or an extremely competitive salary.

tptacek 8y ago
It absolutely does turn off some people. And, what's worse/better: we refuse to alter the process for anyone; there are no fast-paths through our process. Running someone we're almost certain is "overqualified" through our challenges helps true up the challenges and the scoring rubric. I'm sure we lose people who can generally talk their way through any interview. And a lot of those people are good at delivery! But we gain so many more candidates we never would have been able to engage before that we come out way ahead in the bargain.