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I think we all agree that it can be very useful to filter applicants by making them solve some puzzle, and there's nothing wrong with that. What bothered me wa
by samd 16y ago
I think we all agree that it can be very useful to filter applicants by making them solve some puzzle, and there's nothing wrong with that.
What bothered me was that it sounded like you were mocking people for trying but failing to solve your puzzle, and relishing in the fact that you didn't have to consider their application. Trying is a good thing, even if it ends in failure, and it should be encouraged.
It might even turn out that the sort of person who spends an afternoon trying to solve a challenging puzzle makes a great employee after a bit of training.
- joe_the_user 16y agoWe all don't agree - I disagree. I think it's the job of the future employer to "waste their time" finding and filtering people rather than getting applicants to waste their time applying. I've solved quite few puzzles in my day. What irked me was getting chosen for my solutions and then getting rejected for other, arbitrary criteria. An employer generally has more leverage in a transaction like this, let them put in some effort in compensation.