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> I remember fighting for a candidate who I thought was super smart and could get things done, but he was from a mid-tier State school and not from Stanford and
by 908B64B197 6y ago
> I remember fighting for a candidate who I thought was super smart and could get things done, but he was from a mid-tier State school and not from Stanford and that was the end of it.
If HR has anything to do with how engineers are selected there's something wrong with the company.
They are there to schedule interviews and take care of the paperwork.
- lokar 6y agoRecruiters (part of HR) select the subset of resumes that an engineer (IC or manager) will then pick from to have an actual (phone) interview. It really sort of has to work that way. The volume and variance in quality is just overwhelming. There is no way someone technical could look at every resume.
- 908B64B197 6y agoYeah, but the parent referred to a time where he (an engineer) specifically screened a candidate for an engineering position. In this case, the HR rep's opinion should have been ignored right away.