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Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

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Re: Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

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It's a good idea but I'm a bit worried about making those threads even more top-heavy than they already are by asking people to include even more info in their posts. It might also be hard to explain what we're asking submitters to do in a way that makes sense to everyone, especially the ones who don't post on HN except in those threads. We'll think about it. There's a couple days before the next thread. Edit: ok, I…

I just meant it as a suggestion to companies on behalf of the users of this site. They are free to ignore it. Those who do provide the extra info might stand to gain. Let's see.

Re: Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

#12

I wish companies didn't think their interviews were some weird "secret sauce" -- I've had companies flat out refuse to tell me what the interview process would be like, or even how long I should expect for the interview beyond "1-4 hours". Well, you know 1 hour is a lot different than 4 hours! Personally I think all companies should be using pair-programming or contract to hire, as I think trivia questions and whiteb…

Even if you hate interviews you can get paid to have them with http://www.joinjune.com

Re: Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

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post #2

This is a great idea. I've been in many interviews where I thought I did pretty well only to be told, "oh, this is just the first of many interviews". I wouldn't have applied if I had known since every onsite interview requires me to at least take half a day off from work. That is time that can be used for something else. But I do have to mention that with the Big4, they will let you know in detail about the whole pr…

Who constitutes the big 4? Facebook, Google, ...?

Probably Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft

Re: Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

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post #7

It's a good idea but I'm a bit worried about making those threads even more top-heavy than they already are by asking people to include even more info in their posts. It might also be hard to explain what we're asking submitters to do in a way that makes sense to everyone, especially the ones who don't post on HN except in those threads. We'll think about it. There's a couple days before the next thread. Edit: ok, I…

I think it's a pretty low bar to write an extra sentence or two about the interview process when they already a paragraph about how they're changing the world with their revolutionary JS framework.

Re: Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

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post #2

This is a great idea. I've been in many interviews where I thought I did pretty well only to be told, "oh, this is just the first of many interviews". I wouldn't have applied if I had known since every onsite interview requires me to at least take half a day off from work. That is time that can be used for something else. But I do have to mention that with the Big4, they will let you know in detail about the whole pr…

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Re: Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, I think is the current list.

Apple not big enough?

Maybe it's because they aren't as focused on software as the others
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