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You hired 1 in 50 people you interviewed? Did you have time for anything else? Were you not constantly angry at the rest of the hiring pipeline for wasting your
by forgotusername6 4y ago
You hired 1 in 50 people you interviewed? Did you have time for anything else? Were you not constantly angry at the rest of the hiring pipeline for wasting your time?
- surgical_fire 4y agoI approved 1 in 50 I interviewed. The actual hire rate was lower than that. Maybe much lower. As I said, I was one of the most lenient ones. I did my best to approve, while still remaining within calibration and hiring guidelines. I interviewed people over the course of years. I was a developer, so interviewing was not my main role. And I never felt angry about having my time wasted. I work for money. As long as the company is paying me, what they want me to do during billable hours is at their discretion.
- whiplash451 4y agoThat’s not completely true. Time spent interviewing has an opportunity cost in terms of learning new things or working on promotion-grade projects.
- surgical_fire 4y agoI didn't want to be promoted. I prefer getting raises by changing jobs. I studied new things on the side (very important for switching jobs).
- Jensson 4y agoI think at Google about 10% passed phone screen, and then 10% of those passed onsite. It isn't that bad, interview one per week and you end up hiring about one person per three years (5 interviewers per onsite, so about 50 there and 100 phone screens). Most people interview 1-2 times per week there, and that was roughly how fast they grew, so the numbers adds up.
- whiplash451 4y agoAnd yet, look at where this beautiful grinding machine got them.