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An interesting point that I ended up cutting from the blog post is that companies also use culture as a selling point to convince candidates to join. We have se
by ammon 8y ago
An interesting point that I ended up cutting from the blog post is that companies also use culture as a selling point to convince candidates to join. We have seen this work (convince a candidate to take an offer). However, most companies underestimate how similar their culture pitch is to other pitches candidates hear. I think these pitches are less effective than most companies think they are.
- theorique 8y agoCulture: "we have a billiards table and like craft beer. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT FIND ANOTHER STARTUP LIKE US!" /sarcasm
- mikro2nd 8y agoInterviewee: That's good. I BREW craft beer. /gotcha
- stcredzero 8y agoIn that case, the interviewee is eliminated for failing to recognize the sarcasm.