How to hire low experience, high potential people

Post by AlotOfReading » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 6:07 PM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #207

AlotOfReading wrote: post #165

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Any competent HR department would have a fit if they knew these kinds of questions were being asked. It's way too easy to wander into illegal discrimination when you're making hiring decisions based on people's backgrounds like this.

You'd think this was true, but I've seen some crazy shit in interviews, even at companies that were big enough and had a robust enough legal team, where you'd think they'd have their shit together. I once interviewed at a medium sized, name brand Silicon Valley darling everyone on HN has heard of, where an interviewer outright asked me if I was married and if I had kids! Like, holy shit, just read your interview trai…

Post by theonething » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 6:12 PM UTC

testfoobar wrote: post #229

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Thank you. I found the part where the author throws in "cared for a dying parent" particularly distasteful, it's like a benchmark for "palatable damage"

The author appears young. I would give them the benefit of the doubt. It has been my experience that people who have lived a fortunate, trauma free life cannot really understand the trauma experienced by others. They might appear to understand, say all the right words, and so on. Then a few days later or weeks later be confused or upset because of how you react to something. A good friend once said to me, "Wow, that…

Post by the_mar » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 6:13 PM UTC

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bheadmaster wrote: post #7

> “Tell me about you. If your life was a book, give me the chapter titles from your birth till now.” Once you’ve gotten the overview, dive into each “chapter” and plumb the depths for their real stories. Go back to their childhood! I learn a lot about their grit and commitment to excellence from their basketball obsession or maybe their experience caring for a dying parent. I don't think I'd be comfortable sharing th…

I have a large gap in my resume from a bout of depression that left me basically incapacitated for nearly 10 months. I get asked about it all the time in interviews. I just respond “I’m under NDA”. I also get asked about GitHub profiles. I have a pseudonym on GitHub, and maintain a few projects. I dont divulge that information either. “I’m under NDA” or “I only work in proprietary code with many trade secrets involve…

Post by bigbillheck » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 6:16 PM UTC

AlotOfReading wrote: post #165

hdhdhsjsbdh wrote: post #149

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This interview style seems bound to create a psychologically enmeshed workplace with no healthy boundaries. Or a workplace full of people with charming, easily-shared backstories and nuclear families but no yucky problems. Would not want to work here, personally.

Any competent HR department would have a fit if they knew these kinds of questions were being asked. It's way too easy to wander into illegal discrimination when you're making hiring decisions based on people's backgrounds like this.

Post by walthamstow » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 6:17 PM UTC

Tangurena2 wrote: post #199

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Aren't these quadrants from about 100 years ago? Some Prussian General von Whatshisname? Edit: General von Hammerstein I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the…

They're simply 2-variable Karnaugh maps. Widely used in logic design in electrical engineering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_map