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Re:Don’t “Hire by Keyword” by danielweber on Monday July 25, 2016 @11:20AM (#12159252)
> just means that the person will fit in well with the process and people at a company.

How do you measure that? By seeing if they listen to the same types of music or drink the same types of beer?

> they will perform best if they are naturally in tune with the company's ideals and methodology,

Oh good Lord, how are you ever going to measure this?

> and can quickly develop camaraderie with the existing crew.

Aw, shit.

Re:Don’t “Hire by Keyword” by ysavir on Monday July 25, 2016 @02:03PM (#12160385)
I'd probably measure it by creating a test to see if they make snarky HN comments in search of attention or for the sake of contributing to discussion.