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All we need is a “3+ interviews considered harmful” post to hit HN a few months in a row and we can finally solve this problem. That, or we’ll have some repres
by grapeskin 5y ago
All we need is a “3+ interviews considered harmful” post to hit HN a few months in a row and we can finally solve this problem.
That, or we’ll have some representative from the big 5 saying “Hey guys, Jayden from (x soulless Silicon Valley company) here. Not speaking on behalf of my employer but actually at X Corp(tm) we’ve found that anything less than 37 interviews (+tip) isn’t enough to let the real stars shine through. We’re all about finding the true team players who are a good culture fit” within 2 minutes of the post going up.
- that_guy_iain 5y ago> All we need is a “3+ interviews considered harmful” post to hit HN a few months in a row and we can finally solve this problem. I'll get cracking on it. It'll be my next hit after my last blog post about tech hiring "Hiring Developers: How to avoid the best" - https://www.getparthenon.com/blog/how-to-avoid-hiring-the-best-developers/ https://www.getparthenon.com/blog/how-to-avoid-hiring-the-be...
- hiyer 5y agoWell, it's not only big SV corporates that are doing 5-7 rounds of interviews. In my experience even 3-4 year old startups with under 100 employees do at least 5 rounds - 2 coding, 2 system design and one hiring manager. The most common 6th round is either "culture fit" or "bar-raiser" but small startups usually don't do this.
- 0des 5y agoIts always a Jayden.
- _dain_ 5y agoliving in fear of my name becoming a byword for some unpleasant stereotype person in 20 years no i'm not telling you what it is :(
- jasd 5y agoQuite the opposite actually. At one of the big techs that I was part, they ran some analysis and found that anything more than 4 interviews didn't add any value in assessing the chances of an individual succeeding at the company. I never read the details of the tests they ran but I'm glad they came to that conclusion.