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This is more subtle and profound that it might seem. I work for a Big Tech and do tons of interviews, and not even us we have the data about what works and wha
by angarg12 3y ago
This is more subtle and profound that it might seem.
I work for a Big Tech and do tons of interviews, and not even us we have the data about what works and what doesn't (and if that data does exist, it's a very closely guarded secret). Even if we had hard data, we would still be blindsided by our inherent biases i.e. we know how candidates we accepted did, but not how candidates we rejected could have done.
- oplaadpunt 3y agoI would even argue that knowing just how well the accepted candidates did is also extremely difficult. Some assesment might be possible based on some simple metrics, but the ultimate 'how much value does this person add' is a hard one. I wouldn't always trust performance reviews and the like for someone's added value, since that adds another point for added bias.
- bippihippi1 3y agothe data doesn't exist because it can't. there are no independent variables. even a team of 1 relies on good management, getting assigned good work that is well specified, and thousands of other variables. maybe a super expensive unsupervised model could figure out how well one person with a ton of data on their working would work on a specific team that also has produced a lot of data on how they work, but that doesn't seem to happen so it's likely not more cost effective than letting people decide.