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This may be another reason people are eager to start their own company in lieu of working for someone else. If the questions are rubbish and completely unrelate
by eksith 13y ago
This may be another reason people are eager to start their own company in lieu of working for someone else. If the questions are rubbish and completely unrelated to the actual job, then there's a huge disconnect between the interviewer (or HR company, as a lot of places outsource that) and where the actual work is to take place. I blame both.
The irony is that, in an effort to hire the "smartest" people, they leave out the wisest. Which is arguably more useful.
- jzzskijj 13y agoThis may be another reason people are eager to start their own company in lieu of working for someone else. If it is so, then it is a good thing. Right?
- eksith 13y agoWell, if they really enjoy the challenge (and it is challenging), then yes. But I think there's something sad about being forced into it because hiring practices are archaic elsewhere. It doesn't have to be this way. I don't like it that so many new startups fail and I have a feeling many of these (besides lacking an idea, failure in implementation etc...) are due to a lack of other options. If you can't get hired with the skillset you have, even though it should be more than enough, it can drive you to do desperate things. Including becoming a founder.
- capisce 13y agoI'm sure there are a certain amount of people who have simply given up on or refuse to subject themselves to the standard interview process and will either become freelancers or get their jobs through networking.
- collyw 13y agoDepends. They will likely work on the sort of problems they are good at solving. But at the expense of spending a large part of their time running a business, rather than solving the problems they are good at.