throwaway55356

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by throwaway55356 8y ago
In this era, you are only allowed to express positivity or neutrality. Instead of expressing negativity to any degree, you are expected to allow the other person to stay in their bubble, perhaps silently judge them, and move on permanently.
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by throwaway55356 8y ago
It's really important to be able to fairly criticize a company for their interviewing/hiring practices. I think it's in-context if they are a poster on Who is hiring . Some of us recognize the regulars on here. We want to fi
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by throwaway55356 8y ago
The OPM hack is something that already happened, in the past, to files that were current at that time. It is not known to be ongoing.
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
What the hell is a headline, the email subject line? And why is this a Gmail address?
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
I had a pleasant phone call with the hiring manager. I just had the impression that someone else has set frustrating restrictions on candidates. No idea why they posted twice in this thread.
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
I think that you are right, it is great that companies are getting interview reviews on the monthly thread, especially companies that treat candidates poorly. HN is still a relatively small community, so we must all use justifiable words an
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
They are here every month trolling for resumes. I was invited to their premises where they confirmed that the positions listed here are inaccurate. I also believe that they have an upvote bot on their on post.
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
I have been outright refusing to do take-home tests and coding challenges. I do not care if it means fewer opportunities. They are not worth the stress. In a few cases the employer waived them, sometimes they tried to cajole me into doing i
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
I interviewed at Gemini. My impression was of a business environment somewhere between a startup and a Wall Street boiler room. Glass walls and a beer tap. Lots of extra hours. They told me that there is some turnover and they had trouble f
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
This poster is an external recruiter. He has several other posts in this thread, mostly Swiss-related firms. His posts show contact information in a pattern like jobs+hn@whatever.com, which is an alias for his own email address. He pushed m
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
Perennial poster. They told me that the SRE position is in NYC, not Oslo, and it is not open any more.
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by throwaway55356 9y ago
I visited their office. Stiffest interview I've had in memory. One guy transcribed my answers on his laptop "so there's no question about what you said, and we can analyze your answers later". Nothing negative ever said,