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Shopify has an initial round with recruiter called "Life Story interview". You basically start from the beginning, talking about your high school experience, what did you like there and what did you study, your childhood hobbies ...
I wanna believe most people would pass unless they said their childhood hobbies are torturing animals and setting fires. But I have no idea.
Why do recruiters have such trouble with such a simple task like gauging a candidate's real skills? Seriously. Here is how to do it. I'm looking for a React Developer, I ask the following simple questions: 1. Tell my about your contributions to major projects you have been involved in. (if they share their work ask more in-depth questions about it) 2. With $givenTechnologyStack, how do you usually solve state managem…
Also when people research interviewing styles, the "conversational" approach apparently ranks pretty badly. People can be good at BSing, reading the bold print etc.
While I agree that questions about High School are dumb, if a candidate answered the question with "this question is irrelevant" in a free-form text field (as they did in the screenshot), I would probably thing twice about hiring the person.
"I got kicked out of English for insubordination" oh, and the blogger gave a smarta* answer to a free-form text question? Yep, insubordination is still there. I'd pass on this candidate too.
I also don't think this is a "smartass" answer:
> This is an irrelevant question unless you're focusing on recent grads with no job history.
That is a straightforward statement of his opinion. He's perfectly within his rights not to answer any question, and explaining why he chooses not to is hardly an unreasonable thing to do.
Why do recruiters have such trouble with such a simple task like gauging a candidate's real skills? Seriously. Here is how to do it. I'm looking for a React Developer, I ask the following simple questions: 1. Tell my about your contributions to major projects you have been involved in. (if they share their work ask more in-depth questions about it) 2. With $givenTechnologyStack, how do you usually solve state managem…
If you need specific technical skills in React for an urgent project then retain a contractor or consultant, don't hire an employee.
Why do recruiters have such trouble with such a simple task like gauging a candidate's real skills? Seriously. Here is how to do it. I'm looking for a React Developer, I ask the following simple questions: 1. Tell my about your contributions to major projects you have been involved in. (if they share their work ask more in-depth questions about it) 2. With $givenTechnologyStack, how do you usually solve state managem…
Recruiters are not technical interviewers. They're testing your communication skills, if anything at all.
Why do recruiters have such trouble with such a simple task like gauging a candidate's real skills? Seriously. Here is how to do it. I'm looking for a React Developer, I ask the following simple questions: 1. Tell my about your contributions to major projects you have been involved in. (if they share their work ask more in-depth questions about it) 2. With $givenTechnologyStack, how do you usually solve state managem…
The real question is: Why don't the courts? Everything else is just to cover asses when the discrimination lawsuits appear.
They use the same format for Accounts Payable Clerk as they do for Director of Devops. Slightly lazy, sure, but not really blog post worthy. If you're an experienced hire just put do not recall and move on with your life.
HR: Our records are incomplete, please provide a copy of your degree and transcript. Me: I don't have a degree. HR: We only hire people with degrees! Me: Well I have a contract and get paid so... HR: What is the highest education level you've achieved? Me: I finished high school 20 years ago. HR: Great, please provide a copy of your certificate and transcript.
I ignored them, six months later practically word for word we had the same conversation again.