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>Rationally speaking, the only people who should prefer interviewing to other things are the people that benefit from hiring talented people, which primarily is
by fsk 11y ago
>Rationally speaking, the only people who should prefer interviewing to other things are the people that benefit from hiring talented people, which primarily is equity holders of the company.
I've actually been burned by this one a couple of times. Some people on the interview team recommended against hiring me. That wasn't because they thought I was a bad programmer. Actually, they were concerned that I was too good of a programmer, and they didn't want the competition.
Feedback from hiring manager: "I thought you were great, but some people on my team had doubts. Therefore, no hire."
If the interviews are conducted one-on-one in private, nothing prevents the interviewer from falsely saying that you bombed the interview.
That's one reason "Only hire if everyone on the interview team says yes." is a bad idea. Some people will say no to good candidates, precisely because they don't want competition. Only someone with meaningful equity in the business wouldn't have that incentive.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoDo you really want to work somewhere in which you function mainly as competition for your coworkers?
- fsk 11y agoI haven't worked or interviewed at many places where management was competent enough to prevent that from happening. Example: I was working somewhere as an employee. They had a contractor, who was probably billing 3x as much hourly, who wasn't as talented. He was the team lead, so he took every opportunity to trash my reputation. If his bosses realized I was more productive than him, he might lose his gravy train. There was nothing I could do. By the time I realized what was happening, all the management thought I was useless.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoIf you're competing against your co-workers, you're doing it wrong.
- fsk 11y agoIf people are competing against their coworkers, management is doing it wrong.