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A standardized, precise 40-yard dash might be fair. But it is also pretty useless if you are evaluating runners for a 1 mile race, or a marathon.
by listenallyall 7y ago
A standardized, precise 40-yard dash might be fair. But it is also pretty useless if you are evaluating runners for a 1 mile race, or a marathon.
- kthejoker2 7y agoI like this, let's consider how do you evaluate someone for a marathon. Average marathon time is about 4.5 hours. Let's say you expect you're hired to last around 9 years (average is 8 according to GlassDoor but you're woebegone) So scaling linearly, for every hour you get to assess a job candidate, you'd get 0.2 seconds to evaluate a potential marathoner. Assuming a typical candidate gives you maybe 12, 24 hours tops, you have all of 3 to 5 seconds to evaluate a marathoner. The futility of such an exercise is obvious. The only solutions are to: * insist on a longer evaluation period * hire them on a probationary basis * only hire people who have ran official marathons before, with proof and such I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine what's right for their own evaluation process.