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Ask HN: What do companies really look for when hiring?
Ok, a whole lot of companies form start-ups to big giant conglomerates say they are always looking for the best and brightest in the field.
In reality, except for a very small percentage of those, most of these companies aren't. If they were, there would be a lot more smarter people in those companies.
Which comes to my question, what exactly is their hiring criteria? What are they looking for?
From my point of view, it seems like hiring is mostly politics and less about your ability to do stuff.
What do you guys think?
- karolist 15y agoI don't agree - in business, you always want to have the best your money can buy, because this means their output in terms of your business success will be better than of those less good. Companies are not filled with smart people because there's not many smart people in general, and those who are truly smart figure out a way to escape the 9-5 lifestyle one way or another. Also, companies are not made equal, some can throw more cash at employees than others, and smart people value cash. That's why companies with most money have the brightest minds (Google, Facebook, banking sector).
- diminium 15y agoSo basically what your saying by this statement "those who are truly smart figure out a way to escape the 9-5 lifestyle one way or another." is, most companies don't have smart people? If the smart people escape the 9-5 lifestyle that quite a lot of companies, their current employees, and their current management mandates - doesn't that mean they can't hire the people they want?
- jf271 15y agoAny company wants the best programmer that is a good fit in their environment that they can afford. Budgets and environments tend to dumb down who actually accepts the position. I've turned down positions based on the quality of the management or the working environments before. I assume it happens every day.