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Hiring was broken long before ai
by buffer_overlord 4mo ago
Hiring was broken long before ai
- ghaff 4mo agoMuch of it has been based on networking for a good 20+ years. Yes, there was a certain if you have a pulse era in tech at at a lot of companies--leet code notwithstanding though that was an issue--that has largely passed and a lot of people are reacting to tech hiring becoming a more normal multi-month process.
- buffer_overlord 4mo agoI told the last recruiter who had a six week interview process “I’m not waiting that long when I can literally clone your product in a weekend for $50
- ghaff 4mo agoThat's nice. But a lot of people looking for professional jobs may take a year+ to find a position.
- buffer_overlord 4mo agoBeen 3 years for me so far
- metalspot 4mo agoAI and remote interviewing have definitely exacerbated the problems that existed before though. Leetcode was always weak, but now that it is easy to cheat on it is a negative selector, because the cheaters do best. Leetcode was originally supposed to be done in-person on a whiteboard to assess a candidate's collaborative problem solving skills, but with remote interviewing it has evolved into writing passing code with minimal or no feedback. The real problem is that engineering departments are now filled with leetcode grinders and cheaters, who all live in permanent fear of being replaced by AI, and so any candidate who doesn't fit that paradigm is a threat that must be eliminated at all costs.
- nobodywillobsrv 4mo agoYes. People are gatekeeping. They are not interviewing with the aim of having an interesting conversation. They are trying to block hiring.
- buffer_overlord 4mo agoI agree they don’t want someone good who will be competing with them and they don’t want someone junior who will require more hand holding
- maximinus_thrax 4mo agoThere's a spectrum of 'broken' and AI made it worse
- cryo32 4mo agoYes they just automated the broken now.