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Yeah, no. I already deleted my account and I'm not going back. I realise the type of candidate they cater towards would find jobs at companies I wouldn't really

Yeah, no. I already deleted my account and I'm not going back. I realise the type of candidate they cater towards would find jobs at companies I wouldn't really want to work at anyway. I'm ashamed that younger me fell for this in the first place.

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EGreg 6y ago
What is the alternative you will use going forward? Another job site?
- tersers 6y ago
  I'll continue to use LinkedIn purely as a way to message people working at companies I might be interested in. I find that Triplebyte only seemed to further enable the toxic interviewing practises you find at FAANG and FAANG aspiring companies.
milin 6y ago
URL to delete your profile, if anyone is thinking to do the same: https://triplebyte.com/privacy-center https://triplebyte.com/privacy-center
dllthomas 6y ago
I'm curious what type of company you're looking for that you'd expect to be underrepresented.
- tersers 6y ago
  Basing your worth around a quiz only further enables whiteboard and leetcode style interviews. I've never seen why these interviews are useful or an indicator of anything beyond someone's ability to sit at home for hours on end doing the same things over and over. A company I would want to work for would be doing something for sustainability/climate change or another social good and would focus more on behaviour and critical thinking skills.
  - ryukoposting 6y ago
    I did the quiz, then a practice interview. Never did the real interview since I found a fantastic opportunity elsewhere. The interviewer was respectful of the fact that my niche isn't really what the interview was designed for (embedded systems, FPGA work, etc), and provided opportunities for me to display problem-solving skills. Of course, the quiz was purely technical, but it's hard to expect anything more from an automated quiz you can do in 30 minutes. As far as I can tell, the quiz only serves as a filter for basic competency, then the interview is an evaluation of the traits you describe.
  - dllthomas 6y ago
    > sustainability/climate change or another social good Ah, yeah, if you get too narrow in your targeting, it probably makes more sense to focus on networking than any sort of recruiter. That said, I saw quite a range when I went through Triplebyte a bit more than a year ago. I wound up at a company making 3D printers, which has (temporarily) semi-pivoted to make lots and lots of (clinically validated) NP swabs for COVID testing. So social good can show up in a lot of places :)

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EGreg 6y ago

What is the alternative you will use going forward? Another job site?

tersers 6y ago
I'll continue to use LinkedIn purely as a way to message people working at companies I might be interested in. I find that Triplebyte only seemed to further enable the toxic interviewing practises you find at FAANG and FAANG aspiring companies.

milin 6y ago

URL to delete your profile, if anyone is thinking to do the same: https://triplebyte.com/privacy-center https://triplebyte.com/privacy-center

dllthomas 6y ago

I'm curious what type of company you're looking for that you'd expect to be underrepresented.

tersers 6y ago
Basing your worth around a quiz only further enables whiteboard and leetcode style interviews. I've never seen why these interviews are useful or an indicator of anything beyond someone's ability to sit at home for hours on end doing the same things over and over. A company I would want to work for would be doing something for sustainability/climate change or another social good and would focus more on behaviour and critical thinking skills.
- ryukoposting 6y ago
  I did the quiz, then a practice interview. Never did the real interview since I found a fantastic opportunity elsewhere. The interviewer was respectful of the fact that my niche isn't really what the interview was designed for (embedded systems, FPGA work, etc), and provided opportunities for me to display problem-solving skills. Of course, the quiz was purely technical, but it's hard to expect anything more from an automated quiz you can do in 30 minutes. As far as I can tell, the quiz only serves as a filter for basic competency, then the interview is an evaluation of the traits you describe.
- dllthomas 6y ago
  > sustainability/climate change or another social good Ah, yeah, if you get too narrow in your targeting, it probably makes more sense to focus on networking than any sort of recruiter. That said, I saw quite a range when I went through Triplebyte a bit more than a year ago. I wound up at a company making 3D printers, which has (temporarily) semi-pivoted to make lots and lots of (clinically validated) NP swabs for COVID testing. So social good can show up in a lot of places :)