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> when I hire someone who isn’t fresh out of college, I only care about experience / interview skills / references If everyone who _did_ hire fresh college gra
by akdas 7y ago
> when I hire someone who isn’t fresh out of college, I only care about experience / interview skills / references
If everyone who _did_ hire fresh college grads gave preference only to those coming from exclusive schools, only those from exclusive schools end up with the experience, interview skills and references you look for. In this way, exclusivity perpetuates itself.
The best way to _actually_ focus on hiring for skill? Find those who haven't been given a chance before, such as not having attended a top-name school and subsequently didn't end up at top-name firms, then invest in them. It's more expensive to do, but a lot of the top talent doesn't have the experience, interview skills and references you may be looking for.
- dllthomas 7y ago> If everyone who _did_ hire fresh college grads gave preference only to those coming from exclusive schools, only those from exclusive schools end up with the experience, interview skills and references you look for. In this way, exclusivity perpetuates itself. That does seem to apply for experience and references. If interview skills benefit from practice, I think it works the other way there.
- akdas 7y agoThat's a good point, and I'm sure that's true for many people. Interestingly, for me personally, my interview skills increased as a result of interviewing others, as I understood what interviewers were looking for. The big problem is that interviewers typically don't provide feedback to those who fail the interview. So even that part can have some component of perpetuated exclusivity.