> IMO, the solution is apprenticeships/probationary offers. "Try before you buy" goes both ways - it gives the candidate and opportunity to try out the company

> IMO, the solution is apprenticeships/probationary offers. "Try before you buy" goes both ways - it gives the candidate and opportunity to try out the company (how many companies like about their culture, tools, quality, and work/life balance?!). I had an ideal experience with the job that did this with me. It wasn't a probationary offer, they just offered me a seat as a contractor for a month as a tryout. At the end of the first week I found a buggy, unoptimized query that was slowing down a critical part of their site and frustrating them for a while, fixed it, and they made me an offer at the end of the day. Everybody was happy. I don't know why this isn't done more often.