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If I see a position that has been open for longer than a month, I assume they are not serious about filling it. Either they aren't really hiring or they don't w

If I see a position that has been open for longer than a month, I assume they are not serious about filling it. Either they aren't really hiring or they don't want to pay the market rate.

scarejunba 8y ago
Most of the job positions all of FAANG have posted have been open for months, some for over a year. They are really hiring and have no problem paying market rate. That's a counterexample.
- indigochill 8y ago
  If a company is really hiring and paying market rate, what's the situation leading to positions open for over a year? Unicorn-hunting? I've been part of a hiring process that took a couple months (and by the end had management breathing down our necks to just hire -someone-), but that was because we were hiring into an out-of-the-way location that generally lacked the skills locally that we were looking for. Neither of which would apply to FAANG.
  - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
    They are just being picky, and can afford to be picky. I’ve heard FAANG interview pass rates are pretty low, frustrating their recruiters to no end :).
  - zid3nt 8y ago
    Maybe they're willing to hire in depth for those particular positions?
    - ido 8y ago
      The company I work at has an ad for "Senior Full-Stack Developer" and if 5 amazing candidates show up they'll probably hire all of them (or if just 1 shows up and gets hired the ad will remain online).
  - GoToRO 8y ago
    HR just leaves the same position open because it's not really a position, it's a category and they are too lazy to remove and add the same ad over and over.
- analyst74 8y ago
  Just because there is a job posting doesn't mean there is position open.
souprock 8y ago
That isn't right. We did hire, several times. More please! I've been posting this for ages: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358038 We have well over a hundred people doing that sort of stuff. This idea of "filling" a "position" is wrong. There is a need for competent technical staff who can contribute to the team. We hire them as we find them. There isn't a fixed number of slots to fill with warm bodies.
- chrisbennet 8y ago
  Your ad is a “looking for people” type ad. The ads I skip are the ones with fairly specific skills that haven’t been filled after a month.
- anitil 8y ago
  Looks like you do some interesting work! If I was a US citizen you'd be hearing from me.

If I see a position that has been open for longer than a month, I assume they are not serious about filling it. Either they aren't really hiring or they don't want to pay the market rate.

scarejunba 8y ago

Most of the job positions all of FAANG have posted have been open for months, some for over a year. They are really hiring and have no problem paying market rate. That's a counterexample.

indigochill 8y ago
If a company is really hiring and paying market rate, what's the situation leading to positions open for over a year? Unicorn-hunting? I've been part of a hiring process that took a couple months (and by the end had management breathing down our necks to just hire -someone-), but that was because we were hiring into an out-of-the-way location that generally lacked the skills locally that we were looking for. Neither of which would apply to FAANG.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago
  They are just being picky, and can afford to be picky. I’ve heard FAANG interview pass rates are pretty low, frustrating their recruiters to no end :).
- zid3nt 8y ago
  Maybe they're willing to hire in depth for those particular positions?
  - ido 8y ago
    The company I work at has an ad for "Senior Full-Stack Developer" and if 5 amazing candidates show up they'll probably hire all of them (or if just 1 shows up and gets hired the ad will remain online).
- GoToRO 8y ago
  HR just leaves the same position open because it's not really a position, it's a category and they are too lazy to remove and add the same ad over and over.
analyst74 8y ago
Just because there is a job posting doesn't mean there is position open.

souprock 8y ago

That isn't right. We did hire, several times. More please! I've been posting this for ages: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358038 We have well over a hundred people doing that sort of stuff. This idea of "filling" a "position" is wrong. There is a need for competent technical staff who can contribute to the team. We hire them as we find them. There isn't a fixed number of slots to fill with warm bodies.

chrisbennet 8y ago
Your ad is a “looking for people” type ad. The ads I skip are the ones with fairly specific skills that haven’t been filled after a month.
anitil 8y ago
Looks like you do some interesting work! If I was a US citizen you'd be hearing from me.