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The Hiring Post (2015)
- JonasJSchreiber 8y agoAfter a few months of "running the gauntlet" myself, I found this to be an extremely enlightened and reflective article on the interviewing process. It's valuable advice that hiring managers would be wise to consider. Once I am in position to make the recommendation at my next job, I will do so whole-heartedly
- abeyer 8y agoAnyone happen to know what the "$80 in books" mentioned were (or are now if it's still a thing)? It's probably an useful exercise to come up with that list of books you would like every applicant to have read before interviewing, even if you don't provide them, and seeing others' lists would be interesting.
- wallflower 8y agoFrom the original March 2015 discussion, here is a version of the list, retrieved from the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20170411010702/https://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R2EN4JTQOCHNBA https://web.archive.org/web/20170411010702/https://www.amazo... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9160014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9160014
- jasonshen 8y ago"You have to design a test, But even the flimsiest work-sample outperforms interviews, so the effort pays dividends immediately. create a scoring rubric, and iterate. But even the flimsiest work-sample outperforms interviews, so the effort pays dividends immediately." My cofounder and I believe so strongly in this idea that we started an entire company meant to level-up the tech industry's hiring process. (https://www.headlightlabs.com https://www.headlightlabs.com) We've designed a series of concrete and practical technical challenges, rubrics with established criteria that's visible to candidates, and a consistent process for evaluating submissions. Candidate's get constructive feedback and companies get a fast, fair tech screen.
- paulcole 8y agoHow do you prevent cheating?
- jasonshen 8y agoGreat question. It hasn't come up as a problem so far but given that the problems are pretty open-ended (interact with an API and display the results in the browser) it's a lot more obvious when you've copied someone else since there's so many possible ways to do this. We also ask candidates to submit a writeup and the expectation is that they'll discuss their solution with the company in the next stage, so if someone cheats, it'll be pretty obvious in that call.
- paulcole 8y agoWhy can’t a candidate just have somebody else do the problem and the follow up call? How do you verify identity?
- ubernostrum 8y agoDo me a favor and give me your answer to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18164600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18164600
- paulcole 8y agoI’m not sure if you meant to link to something relevant, but I’ll reply anyway. It should be obvious but having someone use a computer and talk on the phone is much less involved than showing up in person and using an earpiece. Also, I’m not sure how awkward these people normally are, but the in-person faker would be astoundingly obvious.
- ubernostrum 8y agobut the in-person faker would be astoundingly obvious Yet, based on your previous comment, you think the person will be able to BS their way through a conversation with you about code they didn't write and don't understand. I don't see how you can hold both of those positions simultaneously.
- dang 8y agoDiscussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9159557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9159557