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Ask HN: Instructions in job descriptions?
So I'm looking for a Flash game developer in Montreal (http://bit.ly/pY1jt1) but I want to make sure that I only spend my time on people who are fun and really into their work. So I stuck a simple question at the end of the job: If your goal was to break into a bank with a giant robot, what two weapons would you equip as its arms?
Almost nobody who replied bothered answering the question! I can appreciate that it's a hassle to write a long, well thought-out cover letter, but am I being too picky here?
- petervandijck 15y agoClickable: http://bit.ly/pY1jt1 http://bit.ly/pY1jt1 Short answer: don't use Monster :)
- linorosa 15y agoThat's right. You might have better luck in places like http://www.techvibes.com/job/global http://www.techvibes.com/job/global or http://nextmontreal.com/category/jobs/ http://nextmontreal.com/category/jobs/
- kaffeinecoma 15y agoTry http://www.hnhackers.com http://www.hnhackers.com.
- dpapathanasiou 15y ago"I can appreciate that it's a hassle to write a long, well thought-out cover letter, but am I being too picky here?" Don't ignore your own application requirement. Answering the robot question should be what's in the cover letter; anyone who ignored that, or sent you some boilerplate they'd used elsewhere, is not the person you want.
- ayers 15y agoNo you are not being too picky. Answering that one question somewhere in the cover letter will not be a big deal to someone who is actually interested in the job.