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Would anyone pay real money for technical interviewing as a service? I've done 370 SWE interviews for Google, and I think I am pretty good at it.

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soham 11y ago
Yes! At http://InterviewKickstart.com http://InterviewKickstart.com, we're always looking for seasoned interviewers. Please send me an email: soham@interviewk...
HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago
Contact smaller companies that may not yet have full time programmers/IT staff but are looking to hire their first programmer. Now, how you accomplish it is another problem altogether ;-) But seriously. I was trained in how to interview from a company that consults on interview practice. I'm sure the trainer mentioned that they provide it as a service, so there is an existing market.
quadrature 11y ago
People are already paying real money for this. [0] http://www.careercup.com/resources#mockinterviews http://www.careercup.com/resources#mockinterviews [1] https://www.interviewcake.com/ https://www.interviewcake.com/ [2] http://interviewkickstart.com/ http://interviewkickstart.com/ If you ask me, I think its a bit ridiculous that this industry exists, But as someone who is actively seeking a job I completely understand the need for it because you get such little feedback from real interviews.
- ljk 11y ago
  it's like people paying for test prep classes. personally I'd never pay for it since there are free books available everywhere, but looks like there's demand for it
  - hfsktr 11y ago
    Sure you could get the information for free but it's much more motivation for me to really learn when I'm spending my money on it. Books don't give the same feedback that a live person could. Especially when you have a question and don't have the right terminology to search for it (that's getting harder with how good searches are getting).
VikingCoder 11y ago
I just wanted to laugh with you about Laszlo Bock's recent post, citing "The one true expert, Nelson Abramson." https://plus.google.com/+LaszloBock/posts/avZNRFzW8f9 https://plus.google.com/+LaszloBock/posts/avZNRFzW8f9 If I were Nelson Abramson, I'd be quite tempted to put that reference on my resume.
scarmig 11y ago
I wouldn't. But what I would pay for is a book on how to give interviews that extract useful, predictive information from candidates. That doesn't seem to exist now.
- eru 11y ago
  You don't. You give work sample tests. See eg http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/ http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/

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soham 11y ago

Yes! At http://InterviewKickstart.com http://InterviewKickstart.com, we're always looking for seasoned interviewers. Please send me an email: soham@interviewk...

HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago

Contact smaller companies that may not yet have full time programmers/IT staff but are looking to hire their first programmer. Now, how you accomplish it is another problem altogether ;-) But seriously. I was trained in how to interview from a company that consults on interview practice. I'm sure the trainer mentioned that they provide it as a service, so there is an existing market.

quadrature 11y ago

People are already paying real money for this. [0] http://www.careercup.com/resources#mockinterviews http://www.careercup.com/resources#mockinterviews [1] https://www.interviewcake.com/ https://www.interviewcake.com/ [2] http://interviewkickstart.com/ http://interviewkickstart.com/ If you ask me, I think its a bit ridiculous that this industry exists, But as someone who is actively seeking a job I completely understand the need for it because you get such little feedback from real interviews.

ljk 11y ago
it's like people paying for test prep classes. personally I'd never pay for it since there are free books available everywhere, but looks like there's demand for it
- hfsktr 11y ago
  Sure you could get the information for free but it's much more motivation for me to really learn when I'm spending my money on it. Books don't give the same feedback that a live person could. Especially when you have a question and don't have the right terminology to search for it (that's getting harder with how good searches are getting).

VikingCoder 11y ago

I just wanted to laugh with you about Laszlo Bock's recent post, citing "The one true expert, Nelson Abramson." https://plus.google.com/+LaszloBock/posts/avZNRFzW8f9 https://plus.google.com/+LaszloBock/posts/avZNRFzW8f9 If I were Nelson Abramson, I'd be quite tempted to put that reference on my resume.

scarmig 11y ago

I wouldn't. But what I would pay for is a book on how to give interviews that extract useful, predictive information from candidates. That doesn't seem to exist now.

eru 11y ago
You don't. You give work sample tests. See eg http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/ http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/