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Nothing about tech interviews is a signal for what happens inside the company, aside from you having the dual role of giving tech interviews while you forgot to
by vmception 5y ago
Nothing about tech interviews is a signal for what happens inside the company, aside from you having the dual role of giving tech interviews while you forgot to factor that into your sprint planning
You’re making the same mistake at vetting them that they’re making at vetting you
- edoceo 5y agoThe interview is signal from the actual company - it's definitely got some information about what's inside.
- vmception 5y agoYou are simply determining that you are okay with false negatives Which is exactly why they do irrelevant interview brainteasers as well This problem is a two way street in the tech sector, in case anyone wanted to fix it. The candidates alone are making the same mistake and bringing it to the company
- edoceo 5y agoIs a "false negative" a positive?
- vmception 5y agoIts a quadrant. Positive, Negative, False Positive, False Negative
- randomswede 5y agoIt is a determination that something should be rejected, when it really should have been accepted. Similarly, a false positive is something that was accepted, when it should have been rejected. If you have a sufficiently high candidate pool. you can (for a while, at least) live with an interview process with a relatively high false negative rate (that is, x% of the time you don't hire people you should have). If it is typically quick to go from "in through the door" to "is a productive member of the team", it may be that you can live with a high false positive rate (that is, y% of the time you hire people you shouldn't have).