Meh. There's nothing wrong with tech hiring. Ok, sure, there are some companies out there that don't know what they are doing, and the very most prestigious co

Meh. There's nothing wrong with tech hiring. Ok, sure, there are some companies out there that don't know what they are doing, and the very most prestigious companies have to do some very tedious stuff to deal with the fact that their process gets leaked and people are willing to put a ton of effort into preparation. But mostly, it's pretty reasonable: - Little reliance on credentials, because there are many solid candidates that didn't go to top schools or don't have CS degrees or maybe didn't go to post-secondary school at all. - There's some sort of technical interview that asks the candidate to show they can do the work by doing a small amount of work. They usually let candidates choose the language and tools they'll use for this, offer help if the candidate gets stuck, let them look things up on the web, etc. This can take a few different forms, but it's inevitable given that credentials aren't reliable. - There's some sort of "behavioural" interview that asks about how a candidate collaborates and communicates with coworkers. Tech companies aren't looking for the anti-social genius anymore; software requires teamwork. - Recruiters are typically very accommodating of a candidates' circumstances. They'll tailor the pace and scheduling of interviews to the candidates' needs, fly them in from other cities, reserve time in interviews to answer candidate questions, and generally put significant and explicit effort into making the "candidate experience" as positive and low-stress as possible. - There's a lot effort put into eliminating biases, and interviewers will often do things like not reading a candidate's resume until after the interview, or writing up their report before talking with other interviewers about the candidate. Most tech companies really want to do this right. I think that what tech companies ask of candidates is quite fair. These are high-paying (sometimes very high-paying), high-prestige, comfortable jobs with lots of perks. The company puts a lot of time and money into training new hires before they're productive, and it'll be even more time before they can tell if the new employee was a good hire or not. In other words, the cost of hiring the wrong person is very high.