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"and ask you to submit a short video to ensure that you have good fit with working remotely." I don't have a lot of confidence in the measurement of having 'a g
by monkeycantype 7y ago
"and ask you to submit a short video to ensure that you have good fit with working remotely."
I don't have a lot of confidence in the measurement of having 'a good fit'
- juped 7y agoA video prescreening? LOL, I've fallen for this from the candidate end, and now that I'm on the other end I'll never let people like this video-screen the best candidates away for not being movie stars.
- o-__-o 7y agoAlso a great way to discriminate against candidates. “This guy is too old/female/black/etc”
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoIf you have a suggestion for alternative ways to evaluate: - English skills - Communication skills - Independent problem-solving skills Of course, we are against discrimination. Just the opposite, we want a more connected world where people have easy access to job opportunities regardless of where they live. I am very interested to hear!
- adyus 7y agoAll three metrics you mentioned can be evaluated using writing. In fact, writing makes up most of the communication in a remote environment.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoI will think in this direction, thank you for putting some more arguments towards that! My main concern with this direction is whether we should evaluate for language speaking skills. Second concern is cheating. Third concern, it's more difficult to build.
- adyus 7y agoIt's actually easier. Cheating can be discouraged via real-time chat sessions, while async communication like emails or essay-style discussions can be scored via an NLP library like spaCy. If a machine can understand and parse the candidate's writing, chances are it's valid English.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThat's an awesome idea! Thank you! I'll talk with some users about it to hear their feedback.