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Agreed, but I see the impulse to standardize as the source of a lot of the problems people have — by people, I mean both good engineers, and the companies who c
by karaterobot 4y ago
Agreed, but I see the impulse to standardize as the source of a lot of the problems people have — by people, I mean both good engineers, and the companies who can't hire them.
- angarg12 4y agoHonest question, how would you handle hiring at FAANG scale without standard processes? For reference we had an opening in my team and 1600 people applied.
- b20000 4y agogo on linkedin and message the people you think can do the job based on prior work and experience or degrees. trash the rest.
- karaterobot 4y agoThis process still relied on screening, including technical screens. The biggest difference is that it substituted a day of whiteboard interviews with a day of pairing, which we found to produce better results, and candidates really liked too.
- hcrean 4y agoHaving 1600 applicants for a SE role is not a unique, but definitely a very niche, problem to have...
- animalhot 4y agoApple used to have a per team interview process(don’t know if it has changed). While the interview experience can vary a lot, there are certain pockets/teams that are spectacularly brilliant and have the freedom to maintain the bar & conduct targeted hiring.