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I won't even know what I'm actually applying for until the "five minutes at the end" sometimes. The whole process is broken.

• sokoloff 5y ago
  Were you kidnapped or otherwise taken to an interview against your will? Otherwise, if you allow that situation to happen, well, you allowed it to happen.
  • gopher_space 5y ago
    They're all like this. I know what the company does because I do my research, and I know what tooling they're using because that's 90% of the job description. I have no idea what problems the team currently faces.
  • Hermitian909 5y ago
    At least in SV, many of the larger companies, startups and more established firms, interview candidates for multi-team group and then match candidates more specifically based on interview performance. Part of that process is leveling because many startups throw out senior titles like candy. Last time I interviewed at Square, for example, after passing the interview for a particular group I met with several engineering managers within the group to understand my fit within their teams. That matching was a result of what teams the group thought I might be a good fit for based on the interview.
    • MathMonkeyMan 5y ago
      Nobody knows what anybody is worth, come on. You know a high performer from a low one. Anything in between is anybody's guess. Salaries are reflections of the negotiation market, which reflects merit, but only barely.