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The thing about "fake interviews", having gone to several myself, is that they are never completely fake, just very, very unlikely to produce a hire. I imagine

The thing about "fake interviews", having gone to several myself, is that they are never completely fake, just very, very unlikely to produce a hire. I imagine the company internally can say something like "we'll hire if we find someone capable of solving all of department X,Y and Z's problems simultaneously and will do so for market rate. We probably won't find that but looking will make people happy." with the second part said with only winks.

NickC25 2y ago
Except if I'm an investor, and someone tells me that they are looking for a specific role that will help the company reach financial goals, they are spending time and money trying to find that person(s) and they aren't actually looking (rather, just posturing) that is fraud-y in a roundabout way. They are spending time and money on something that they know won't pan out. That's a waste of money.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  sadly, there can be a lot of inefficies and the number can still go up. That's ultimately all modern (western?) stakeholders care about these days. Not like they can't switch their stocks in days if they get worried.
- joe_the_user 2y ago
  Except if I'm an investor, and someone tells me that they are looking for a specific role that will help the company reach financial goals, they are spending time and money trying to find that person(s) and they aren't actually looking (rather, just posturing) that is fraud-y in a roundabout way. Sure, if you're the investor that asks all those questions and has enough information to answer them, you won't be happy. But I think most investors aren't going to drill down to that level. Especially, anyone investing is going to know some money wasting has to happen, some posturing has to happen, just to be trendy and so attract "brilliant/energetic/etc" people as well as more investors. And a given start-up investor has to want more investors since the company runs on an accelerating flow of funds; your money is only being multiplied if other people are tossing in theirs and if your money isn't being multiplied, it's vanishing.

NickC25 2y ago

Except if I'm an investor, and someone tells me that they are looking for a specific role that will help the company reach financial goals, they are spending time and money trying to find that person(s) and they aren't actually looking (rather, just posturing) that is fraud-y in a roundabout way. They are spending time and money on something that they know won't pan out. That's a waste of money.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
sadly, there can be a lot of inefficies and the number can still go up. That's ultimately all modern (western?) stakeholders care about these days. Not like they can't switch their stocks in days if they get worried.
joe_the_user 2y ago
Except if I'm an investor, and someone tells me that they are looking for a specific role that will help the company reach financial goals, they are spending time and money trying to find that person(s) and they aren't actually looking (rather, just posturing) that is fraud-y in a roundabout way. Sure, if you're the investor that asks all those questions and has enough information to answer them, you won't be happy. But I think most investors aren't going to drill down to that level. Especially, anyone investing is going to know some money wasting has to happen, some posturing has to happen, just to be trendy and so attract "brilliant/energetic/etc" people as well as more investors. And a given start-up investor has to want more investors since the company runs on an accelerating flow of funds; your money is only being multiplied if other people are tossing in theirs and if your money isn't being multiplied, it's vanishing.