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What senior person wants to do this?
by foobiekr 2y ago
What senior person wants to do this?
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoThat's the problem with so many attempts to "correct" hiring. Especially for more senior roles, the best people you want to hire usually already have jobs, or they have a pick among different companies. Make the hiring process too onerous and you end up selecting for the most desperate people. I don't know how you'd get a good signal from a "work-sample test" in under a week or so, in which case you've basically weeded out most of the people you want to hire.
- LVB 2y agoI’ve never tried it, but it doesn’t sound terrible. As I approach 25 years in industry, what does sound terrible is more rote studying for interviews, and I don’t mean just leetcode. The idea of just giving the work a go in situ, and we either like each other or not, sounds sort of refreshing should I find myself job shopping.
- foobiekr 2y agoI don't know your life circumstances, but as I am slightly beyond 25 YOE, it has been over two decades since I found myself job shopping, just job choosing. There's no way I'd be working my current job and also doing whatever weird contract-to-hire gig some company that can't vet employees would ask. For most senior people, a new job is leaving an existing cushy job. We're not going to do that for some nonsense like this.
- psanford 2y agoYou have to take at least 1 day off for a standard tech interview, often more. I don't see how this is much different from a demand on your time.
- flappyeagle 2y agoPlenty
- freeone3000 2y agoIn lieu of a regular interview? And if I get paid? In a heartbeat.
- tptacek 2y agoI don't care. We hire resume-blind.
- wglb 2y agoI did it when I had over 40 years experience. It was a blast. I've since used that method when I was a hiring manager, both for technical roles, and even a Manager of Compliance. Was extremely successful, both for us on the hiring side, as well as two very good hires.