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Oh wow this is fascinating, I have someone I'm doing a tech screen for this week that matches your exact description. They have both the Single Sprout Speaker S

Oh wow this is fascinating, I have someone I'm doing a tech screen for this week that matches your exact description. They have both the Single Sprout Speaker Series talk along with the OSLabs Beta open source experience which takes up a good chunk of their resume. No mention of the CodeSmith bootcamp, although I had deduced they were probably a bootcamp grad due to their degree in a separate field. Also fishy is that one of their experiences just lists "stealth startup" as the company name, now I'm wondering if that role existed at all. Thanks for the heads up here.

spmurrayzzz 4y ago
You are amongst a cohort of many that have shared with me that you've seen the same in your own funnel. That said, I'd encourage you to still review the candidate as you would any other. I try to give all folks the benefit of the doubt, even if I don't entirely agree with this particular practice. They may have some bright spots in the code you're actually able to check out. It's a great topic for conversation if you choose to have a call with them as well.
- dml2135 4y ago
  Yes this doesn't appear to be so egregious that I would cancel the interview, still worth giving them a shot for the phone screen. That said, as a bootcamp grad myself, it personally irks me when I see other bootcamp grads try and misrepresent their bootcamp projects as work experience. I know that some bootcamps direct their students to do exactly this, but that doesn't make it okay. I guess it works though. I feel like I'm always the one pointing out to our recruiting team that certain jobs on a resume are not actually jobs. If someone else is doing the tech screen, they may just make it through.
  - spmurrayzzz 4y ago
    Very interesting that you're also a bootcamp grad. Thanks for sharing all this. I love when candidates are up front about things like this, seeing a cover letter thats akin to "Hey, I'm just getting my started in this industry. I graduated <bootcamp-x>, I would love to get some feedback on the work I did on <project-x>." I have no degrees myself, very much identify with the self-learning journey.

spmurrayzzz 4y ago

You are amongst a cohort of many that have shared with me that you've seen the same in your own funnel. That said, I'd encourage you to still review the candidate as you would any other. I try to give all folks the benefit of the doubt, even if I don't entirely agree with this particular practice. They may have some bright spots in the code you're actually able to check out. It's a great topic for conversation if you choose to have a call with them as well.

dml2135 4y ago
Yes this doesn't appear to be so egregious that I would cancel the interview, still worth giving them a shot for the phone screen. That said, as a bootcamp grad myself, it personally irks me when I see other bootcamp grads try and misrepresent their bootcamp projects as work experience. I know that some bootcamps direct their students to do exactly this, but that doesn't make it okay. I guess it works though. I feel like I'm always the one pointing out to our recruiting team that certain jobs on a resume are not actually jobs. If someone else is doing the tech screen, they may just make it through.
- spmurrayzzz 4y ago
  Very interesting that you're also a bootcamp grad. Thanks for sharing all this. I love when candidates are up front about things like this, seeing a cover letter thats akin to "Hey, I'm just getting my started in this industry. I graduated <bootcamp-x>, I would love to get some feedback on the work I did on <project-x>." I have no degrees myself, very much identify with the self-learning journey.