Video games beat interviews to recruit the very best
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Video games beat interviews to recruit the very best
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#2Here is an example of one of their games: https://microcorruption.com/login
Love the Cy Yombinator part haha
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#3Reminds me of the "Hopeful Parents" Far Side comic.
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#4My first thought when I saw this posted was "huh...kinda like The Last Starfighter".
And sure enough, they named their company Starfighter. Xur and the Ko-dan armada don't stand a chance.
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#5Patrick gave an interview to The New Scientist when we announced last week. We're a little worried about Starfighter Fatigue and are definitely trying not to get too much onto the front page (Erin's diligently writing the game details post, which we want to be the next thing people see from us).
In the meantime though, if any of you have questions, we're watching and will answer.
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#6Patrick gave an interview to The New Scientist when we announced last week. We're a little worried about Starfighter Fatigue and are definitely trying not to get too much onto the front page (Erin's diligently writing the game details post, which we want to be the next thing people see from us). In the meantime though, if any of you have questions, we're watching and will answer.
What Thomas said. In particular, while we're really glad that many HNers like Starfighter, we were members of this community far before we were co-founders. We're keenly aware that a) HN is a community, not a marketing channel and b) the community frowns on saying the same thing over and over.
I'm CEO of a company and am pot committed to spending the next several years of my life repeating close variations of the same three things to anyone who will listen. ("How is that different from the last eight years, Patrick?" Answer: Previously I only had two things!) We would prefer people exercise their discretion in posting them to HN, to avoid boring anyone here.
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#7This only works assuming you can't hack the game itself, publicize the solution, or pay someone to do it for you.
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#8Here is an example of one of their games: https://microcorruption.com/login Love the Cy Yombinator part haha
I've played a few rounds of this and love it. As far as I've gotten, it's been refreshing to work on a machine where everything is "all there". Too often there are black boxes that contain too much magic, or just too many layers of abstraction to efficiently reason about something.
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#9This only works assuming you can't hack the game itself, publicize the solution, or pay someone to do it for you.
We're probably one of the few games where exploiting a security vulnerability in the game gets you Achievement Unlocked.
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#10I like the idea, although personally I wouldn't be excited about being "interviewed" like this. I am supportive of its existence however because it has definite upsides (i'm sure there are more, just enumerating a few):
1) eliminates some cultural/gender/language/fashion/appearance/disability biases
2) its not subjective
3) no difference between local and out-of-town candidates
I'm glad that the toolbox for candidate search is expanding. I hope one day employers might be able to ask candidates which form of "interview" they prefer to have so that candidates can best demonstrate what they excel at in a way that is most suitable to them.