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It’s indicative of a very inexperienced staff or one that is desperate for interviewers, presumably because they are binge hiring. There are places that go out
by kasey_junk 4y ago
It’s indicative of a very inexperienced staff or one that is desperate for interviewers, presumably because they are binge hiring. There are places that go out of their way to get very junior people interviewing early on purpose but in those cases there is usually someone more senior also involved.
For most places though it means they were throwing whoever they could find at the interviews.
- iLoveOncall 4y agoWhy would you need someone with decades of experience to hire an intern or a new grad? It's customary for a lot of companies to have an interviewer which is above or _at_ the level that you are recruiting. Therefore someone with a year or two of experience is perfectly able to hire an intern or someone that will be hired at the same level as them. Looking at Amazon for example, "Hire and Develop the Best" is one of the leadership principles, and you CANNOT be promoted if you don't conduct interviews.
- reverend_gonzo 4y agoInexperienced engineers simply don’t have the experience to make good hiring decisions. Having them being involved in the process is fine, but they should be shadowing someone more senior.
- iLoveOncall 4y agoWell, most FAANGs would like to disagree. But they must all be wrong.
- gjadi 4y agoI don't have data nor an opinion on this matter, but maybe most FAANGs are successful despite their hiring practice, not because of it.
- snapcaster 4y agoThey clearly were right? they're all laying off 20% of people. Maybe this is what you meant and I just missed the sarcasm