To all my friends here on Hacker News: Over a few years, I prepared a FAQ document on company hiring procedures for questions that come up here on Hacker News a

To all my friends here on Hacker News: Over a few years, I prepared a FAQ document on company hiring procedures for questions that come up here on Hacker News all the time about legal and effective hiring procedures. Most companies use lousy procedures for hiring workers, and that throws away competitive advantage. There is an optimal way to hire, and a century of research on what it is. Rather than repeat all my previous keystrokes here, I'll just link[1] to an earlier version of the FAQ. If you don't want even to follow a link to a very popular comment, let me just pass on here the summary of the FAQ: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: If you are hiring for any kind of job in the United States, prefer a work-sample test as your hiring procedure. If you are hiring in most other parts of the world, use a work-sample test in combination with a general mental ability test. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4613543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4613543 I'm happy to answer follow-up questions about this. It's better for companies and it's better for capable workers for companies to learn how to hire smarter.