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PlanetScale | Backend Engineer | Mountain View, Ca | Full-Time | https://planetscale.com/careers https://planetscale.com/careers PlanetScale is an early stage

PlanetScale | Backend Engineer | Mountain View, Ca | Full-Time | https://planetscale.com/careers https://planetscale.com/careers PlanetScale is an early stage startup building the worlds most scaleable database systems. We were founded by some of the engineers behind the open source product Vitess ( vitess.io ) and we are building out the ability for anyone to run Vitess clusters at the same scale as YouTube. For any candidates tired of the quizzes and puzzles of traditional interviews ask us about our alternative hiring path. Email careers@planetscale.com or apply online at planetscale.com/careers

beefman 8y ago
How does your alternative hiring path work?
- dkhenry 8y ago
  The alternative path is pretty simple. We decided that we wanted to get out of the traditional interview process that no one on the team felt was all that great. So we came up with a simple plan. If you want a job we will give one to you. First step is we have an exploratory conversation to make sure you understand what your getting into and make sure you understand the requirements. Then if there is still interest we will ask for at least one reference that can talk about your past job performance. We will sign the candidate to an agreeable contract not to exceed three months, and at any point during that contract if either party feels its not working out they can cancel the contract. At the end of three months the candidate would be brought onboard if thats what everyone still wanted. The idea is if we explain what we are looking for and are very up front about the requirements you will either have enough confidence to take us up on the job risking unemployment if you can't perform or your will be able to really show your capabilities in a way that no two hour interview is capable of showing.

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PlanetScale | Backend Engineer | Mountain View, Ca | Full-Time | https://planetscale.com/careers https://planetscale.com/careers PlanetScale is an early stage

by dkhenry 8y ago

beefman 8y ago
How does your alternative hiring path work?
- dkhenry 8y ago
  The alternative path is pretty simple. We decided that we wanted to get out of the traditional interview process that no one on the team felt was all that great. So we came up with a simple plan. If you want a job we will give one to you. First step is we have an exploratory conversation to make sure you understand what your getting into and make sure you understand the requirements. Then if there is still interest we will ask for at least one reference that can talk about your past job performance. We will sign the candidate to an agreeable contract not to exceed three months, and at any point during that contract if either party feels its not working out they can cancel the contract. At the end of three months the candidate would be brought onboard if thats what everyone still wanted. The idea is if we explain what we are looking for and are very up front about the requirements you will either have enough confidence to take us up on the job risking unemployment if you can't perform or your will be able to really show your capabilities in a way that no two hour interview is capable of showing.