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So why, then, has this interview process become so typical? Why has it become almost a rite of passage that you then subject your future coworkers to during the

So why, then, has this interview process become so typical? Why has it become almost a rite of passage that you then subject your future coworkers to during their hiring processes? As someone going through interviews in a tech city for a buzzword job, I am definitely going through this, and my family and friends are aghast at how many days worth of effort I end up putting in for each rejection letter... Or, worse, to finally get to the in-person interview only to find out that it's a brogrammer culture and I don't want to work there in the first place.

7Figures2Commas 12y ago
For the same reason that you still find casting couches in Hollywood: the supply of candidates exceeds the number of positions. The "talent shortage" term that is so frequently used is misleading. Companies like Google and Facebook, as well as high-profile startups, can see hundreds of applications for every open position. Most of the candidates might not be as talented as these employers would like, but that doesn't mean they don't have a lot of warm bodies willing to subject themselves to a recruiting process that resembles a meat grinder.
k3oni 12y ago
This looks like the typical Google interview and they had that going for a long time[1]. My theory is that some companies want to be google-like and hope that by trying to apply the same interview practices they might be successful in finding and attracting the same top talent as Google attracted/attracts. [1] I interviewed with them a while back.
prostoalex 12y ago
The screener + in-person interview format has worked quite well for Google (and other companies before it, I might add, but Google's was the most publicized) and are used by now by other behemoths such as Yahoo and Facebook. Smaller companies either copy directly, or have alumni from larger corporations that are used to this process.

7Figures2Commas 12y ago

For the same reason that you still find casting couches in Hollywood: the supply of candidates exceeds the number of positions. The "talent shortage" term that is so frequently used is misleading. Companies like Google and Facebook, as well as high-profile startups, can see hundreds of applications for every open position. Most of the candidates might not be as talented as these employers would like, but that doesn't mean they don't have a lot of warm bodies willing to subject themselves to a recruiting process that resembles a meat grinder.

k3oni 12y ago

This looks like the typical Google interview and they had that going for a long time[1]. My theory is that some companies want to be google-like and hope that by trying to apply the same interview practices they might be successful in finding and attracting the same top talent as Google attracted/attracts. [1] I interviewed with them a while back.

prostoalex 12y ago

The screener + in-person interview format has worked quite well for Google (and other companies before it, I might add, but Google's was the most publicized) and are used by now by other behemoths such as Yahoo and Facebook. Smaller companies either copy directly, or have alumni from larger corporations that are used to this process.