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Interviewing is actually very easy. Every job I post gets 100s of applicants - so finding them is not a problem. I've got a piece of software that lets me A/B

by edoceo 11y ago

Interviewing is actually very easy. Every job I post gets 100s of applicants - so finding them is not a problem. I've got a piece of software that lets me A/B these candidates resumes & profiles side-by-side so I rank-sort them quickly. And all "interviews" are small-boxed projects that I ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE WORK. See, most interviews are along the lines of: Q: Are you smart and good looking? A: Yes! This is why I don't really intervew all. When I take the "best" ranked applicants I give them actual work; small slices from our actual code base. I provide them a complete, functional dev environment with one restrciton: cannot commit to git. I can see their work directly, I work with them directly and get real-time data on what it's like to work with them, how they handle a project, how they communicate blockages, how they figure out our existing systems. In four to eight hours of work I know who is the right fit for our team. My cost to find and filter is very very low and rather than waste 2-4 hours per interview for 10 candidates I pay for 16-24 hours of work for 2 or 3 candidates. The hard costs are the same, it consumes less of my (or my engineers) time and the candidate fit is very good.

madcaptenor 11y ago
See, most interviews are along the lines of: Q: Are you smart and good looking? A: Yes! In my current company we hire a lot of developers through contracting companies. These people often have very difficult-to-read resumes - mostly because they are trying to get through filters that work based on searching for keywords, but they're rarely well-written documents even within this constraint. Fine, we're not looking to hire a writer. But a lot of these have "Communication Skills: 9/10" on them. Whether this is added by the candidate or the contracting company, I don't know.

by edoceo 11y ago

madcaptenor 11y ago

See, most interviews are along the lines of: Q: Are you smart and good looking? A: Yes! In my current company we hire a lot of developers through contracting companies. These people often have very difficult-to-read resumes - mostly because they are trying to get through filters that work based on searching for keywords, but they're rarely well-written documents even within this constraint. Fine, we're not looking to hire a writer. But a lot of these have "Communication Skills: 9/10" on them. Whether this is added by the candidate or the contracting company, I don't know.