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I know how frustrating it is for candidates but having been on both sides of this, I sympathise with tech leaders at startups who are on the hiring side too. W

I know how frustrating it is for candidates but having been on both sides of this, I sympathise with tech leaders at startups who are on the hiring side too. We used to send out open-ended programming assessments as part of our hiring process. It's really hard to keep track of everything without an ATS and good internal processes and even with those it's hard to predict how many candidates will drop out at this stage so there's a strong incentive to invite too many and risk getting swamped than vice versa. Not proud of it but I've definitely kept candidates waiting for several weeks due to being unable to keep up with the rate of submissions. I think there's a non zero chance this guy is assuming too much malicious intent and could get a positive response still

eropple 8y ago
> I know how frustrating it is for candidates but having been on both sides of this, I sympathise with tech leaders at startups who are on the hiring side too. Don't. Because it's a self-inflicted problem. The "tech leaders" (aside: this is a gag-worthy phrase) do it to themselves through inflated requirements and no real holistic understanding of what they either want or need in a role. Hiring well is not difficult. Hiring well with stupid expectations is, and that is firmly and inescapably the fault of ye olde "tech leader", and sympathy is undeserved.
nradov 8y ago
There's zero excuse any more for not having an ATS. They are available cheaply from multiple SaaS vendors.
andrew_ 8y ago
> I think there's a non zero chance this guy is assuming too much malicious intent and could get a positive response still A two week lapse is egregious. I would assume incompetence before malicious intent.
AnimalMuppet 8y ago
No sympathy. The way this came down to this guy was abusive. It may have been abusive without malice, but it was still abusive.

eropple 8y ago

> I know how frustrating it is for candidates but having been on both sides of this, I sympathise with tech leaders at startups who are on the hiring side too. Don't. Because it's a self-inflicted problem. The "tech leaders" (aside: this is a gag-worthy phrase) do it to themselves through inflated requirements and no real holistic understanding of what they either want or need in a role. Hiring well is not difficult. Hiring well with stupid expectations is, and that is firmly and inescapably the fault of ye olde "tech leader", and sympathy is undeserved.

nradov 8y ago

There's zero excuse any more for not having an ATS. They are available cheaply from multiple SaaS vendors.

andrew_ 8y ago

> I think there's a non zero chance this guy is assuming too much malicious intent and could get a positive response still A two week lapse is egregious. I would assume incompetence before malicious intent.

AnimalMuppet 8y ago

No sympathy. The way this came down to this guy was abusive. It may have been abusive without malice, but it was still abusive.