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Maybe we should give options to candidates. If I were to hire software engineers, I would offer every option to them: 1. Whiteboard interview 2. Opensource co
by langitbiru 6y ago
Maybe we should give options to candidates. If I were to hire software engineers, I would offer every option to them:
1. Whiteboard interview
2. Opensource contributions
3. Take-home assignment
4. Becoming contractors for a short period
5. Etc
So if they fail whiteboard interview, they can redeem themselves with their opensource contributions. If they don't have opensource contributions, then they can take home our assignments. And so on.
So it's fair (I think).
- asdff 6y agoWhy is US-based computer science seemingly the only field with these strange nonstandard interview processes? It's like a fad that turned into an arms race and is now the default response for any american technology company's HR department, because these guys certainly aren't in HR for their creativity.
- hansvm 6y agoThat's not necessarily a bad approach aside from the cost to the hiring organization to maintaining so many workflows. It lines up with, e.g., Triplebyte's and Google's studies about how a candidate's success in a role is tied much more closely to the moments where they impressed you the most rather than any kind of minimum bar you need to meet or some kind of average performance. By giving the candidate the opportunity to impress you however they're best able to do so you could plausibly get a stronger signal.