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> It's utterly insane the expectations that interviewers have. Not really though. They always manage to fill the position. Interview’s see the system as unfai
by hjk05 7y ago
> It's utterly insane the expectations that interviewers have.
Not really though. They always manage to fill the position.
Interview’s see the system as unfair because they think their interview happens in a vacuum. You get x questions answer all correctly and your awarded with a job. So naturally you complain when you feel half the questions are too advanced or that more brain understanding is enough. In reality the interviews are just a sorting, and when everyone can answer the relevant questions you start asking harder ones because “we picked a candidate at random from those who got the questions right” is just not a satisfying endstate.
- blub 7y ago> In reality the interviews are just a sorting, and when everyone can answer the relevant questions you start asking harder ones because “we picked a candidate at random from those who got the questions right” is just not a satisfying endstate. That's just silly. If they can answer the relevant questions, they're qualified period.
- hackinthebochs 7y agoGenerally people don't just want to know that they got a qualified candidate, they want to know that they got the best candidate available. And so having a more sensitive differentiator than 'passes basic qualifications' is important to most people.
- hjk05 7y agoIf you are filling one position, it doesn’t matter if 20 people technically qualify, you hire one. Imagine a single resturant forced to hire 200 chefs because each of them managed to live up to the minimum qualifying criteria for the position...