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A confession of a FAANG hiring manager

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At Aserto we recognize this problem and address it by offering candidates a choice. They can either take a take-home assignment, or opt for a whiteboard style interview question. This approach lets us meet candidates where they're most comfortable and removes a degree of bias from our interview results.

I think that's a great approach - do you have any interest in sharing the overall interview process? I run a job board for companies that don't do LeetCode interviews and could get Aserto added to it!

Yep, I'd be happy to chat. I'll try to DM you on Twitter

Re: A confession of a FAANG hiring manager

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I ramped up to do a bunch of interviews last year after some covid layoffs and, I'd rather the format stayed in its current form. It isn't great, but I can study one style of interviews and apply that across the board to all the companies I interview for. The system interviews are easy, it's just talking about side projects or work I do for a living anyway. After ramping up and successfully landed a role last year I…

Opposite for me - I have always gotten an offer when given a take home. Every. Single. Time.

I try to interview for 10+ companies at the same time, 10+ take homes isn't going to work.
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