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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?

#21
I'd prefer if this material were posted as part of the job descriptions on the website. (it's useful beyond just to the whoishiring crowd). Making it a mandatory part of the job postings would be a pain for the people who write them, and I wouldn't want to deter postings.

(Sometimes the interview process gets modified per candidate, too.)

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

#22

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…

I've never had this experience. Is this a Bay Area thing? In my experience companies are usually upfront about what their process is, if indeed they have a process at all.

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

#23

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…

I just wish companies wouldn't lie

(Why yes, today, I did just talk to a YC company that had "remote" in their job ad on their site but, when asked, was unwilling to do wfh 2 days a week for someone who lives in the peninsula and was unenthusiastic about driving in and out of sf every day. Hmm...)

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

#24

It'd be cool if companies started adding a /hiring.txt or /interview.txt to their sites with this info. Then they could just link it and avoid cluttering the threads even more.

You'd want to use /.well-known/hiring.txt: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5785

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

#25

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…

I think a part of the secrecy is so that if it goes poorly they can stop the interview after a really bad session without indicating to the candidate that it's gone so badly. "Yup, it's always just two sessions, goodbye." This is an actual rational I've heard. I don't agree with it, but it's a thing.

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

#27

It'd be cool if companies started adding a /hiring.txt or /interview.txt to their sites with this info. Then they could just link it and avoid cluttering the threads even more.

You'd want to use /.well-known/hiring.txt: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5785

Nice!

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

#29
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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 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.

I wanted to upvote but accidentally downvoted.
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