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Very weird hiring process. They told me "we're interested in you, email us in a few months" and I did but apparently I had to apply through their website which
by epilys 4y ago
Very weird hiring process. They told me "we're interested in you, email us in a few months" and I did but apparently I had to apply through their website which requires a GitHub login. So I had to make a new GitHub account just to apply again. That's what the hiring people told me when I emailed them. Of course I didn't make a new account just for this, it's ridiculous.
- thundergolfer 4y agoYou refused to create a GitHub account? I can understand having some sort of principle on this, but that seems like a small hill to die on if you want a job at a great company.
- postalrat 4y agoWhy would a great company make you jump through hoops?
- bergenty 4y agoIt’s a small hoop and if you can’t be bothered to do something as simple as create a GitHub account maybe you’re not the kind of person they’re looking for. It’s not like shit companies that literally will only accept applications if you have a LinkedIn profile. That’s a huge hoop literally asking you to post everything about your life on the public internet.
- e-clinton 4y agoIf you make it unnecessary difficult for great candidates to apply, then maybe you’re not the kind of company they’re looking for. What other thoughtless decisions are they making?
- postalrat 4y agoIf creating a linkedin account means you will be publicly posting everything about your life then making a github account must also mean you will be publicly posting everything about your life. Two social media sites, just different names.
- bergenty 4y agoMaking a GitHub account requires nothing personal being public.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> You refused to create a GitHub account? As I read it, he refused to create another Github account to apply a second time when told to contact them again after a first application. (From GP: “So I had to make a new GitHub account just to apply again. That’s what the hiring people told me when I emailed them.”) Requiring a GitHub account to apply is a small hoop (especially if it is a position that will require you to have a personal GitHub account that they can add to their organization if you are accepted.) Requiring another GitHub account each additional time you apply to a particular company is, OTOH, ludicrous.
- epilys 4y agoIt is a small hill, I was interviewing with other companies at the same time and at the end was hired. Otherwise I'd have time to make that weird github requirement and had time to interview with them.