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Are there any "empirically proven best practices" for hiring? In the end it comes down to a personal decision more than any statistical resume analysis can give

by lacker 18y ago

Are there any "empirically proven best practices" for hiring? In the end it comes down to a personal decision more than any statistical resume analysis can give you.

LukeG 18y ago
As far as we know, there aren't. Startups are especially hard, too: smarter, crazier people; more pressure and responsibility (the average value of a startup team member is far beyond that of a Fortune 500 employee); long hours with a small team in confined spaces. There are lots of pieces of advice from experienced entrepreneurs (e.g. http://bit.ly/2VMN10 http://bit.ly/2VMN10, http://bit.ly/3mgEBQ http://bit.ly/3mgEBQ), most of which is interesting and valuable but decidedly unscientific. We'll keep adding resources like this to our blog & site, but automating it is another challenge altogether. There is definitely a massive matching problem in the recruiting industry. I think that a big part of why this is so hard is that it takes a gnarly combination of technical & social engineering to fit these pieces (us) together. We like hard problems, though, and we're working on throwing some interesting stuff out there. Stay tuned.
Alex3917 18y ago
I meant more like how does the richness of the interviewing medium affect the hiring outcome. For example, should interviews be conducted on the phone, in person, or via IM? I've read that most hiring decisions are made within a minute of first seeing the person, so the medium in which interviews are conducted almost certainly makes a difference. But how? Similarly, which yields better decisions, group interviews or interviews with multiple individuals? Even though Startuply is upstream of the interviewing phase, the types of collaboration features they choose to implement can potentially affect the way the resumes are evaluated. I'm not sure how much research there is in this area, but it seems like something the company could potentially use to their advantage.
HeyLaughingBoy 18y ago
Yes. My employer requires us to take a course in how to interview candidates and there are practices that make a considerable difference in the interviewing process vs. how most people do it. It seemed like a total waste of time until I actually took the course and realized how much room for improvement there was.

by lacker 18y ago

Are there any "empirically proven best practices" for hiring? In the end it comes down to a personal decision more than any statistical resume analysis can give you.

LukeG 18y ago

As far as we know, there aren't. Startups are especially hard, too: smarter, crazier people; more pressure and responsibility (the average value of a startup team member is far beyond that of a Fortune 500 employee); long hours with a small team in confined spaces. There are lots of pieces of advice from experienced entrepreneurs (e.g. http://bit.ly/2VMN10 http://bit.ly/2VMN10, http://bit.ly/3mgEBQ http://bit.ly/3mgEBQ), most of which is interesting and valuable but decidedly unscientific. We'll keep adding resources like this to our blog & site, but automating it is another challenge altogether. There is definitely a massive matching problem in the recruiting industry. I think that a big part of why this is so hard is that it takes a gnarly combination of technical & social engineering to fit these pieces (us) together. We like hard problems, though, and we're working on throwing some interesting stuff out there. Stay tuned.

Alex3917 18y ago

I meant more like how does the richness of the interviewing medium affect the hiring outcome. For example, should interviews be conducted on the phone, in person, or via IM? I've read that most hiring decisions are made within a minute of first seeing the person, so the medium in which interviews are conducted almost certainly makes a difference. But how? Similarly, which yields better decisions, group interviews or interviews with multiple individuals? Even though Startuply is upstream of the interviewing phase, the types of collaboration features they choose to implement can potentially affect the way the resumes are evaluated. I'm not sure how much research there is in this area, but it seems like something the company could potentially use to their advantage.

HeyLaughingBoy 18y ago

Yes. My employer requires us to take a course in how to interview candidates and there are practices that make a considerable difference in the interviewing process vs. how most people do it. It seemed like a total waste of time until I actually took the course and realized how much room for improvement there was.