Skype Loses Engineering Chief (possibly due to TechCrunch commenters?)

Re:Skype Loses Engineering Chief (possibly due to TechCrunch... by callmeed on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @06:22PM (#1615822)

I think some of the problems you describe are inherent to HR process in general. People still go have to go to interviews, explain their qualifications and (often) explain why they left past jobs. This would just be another data point.

My original thought is that this would be for executive/managerial jobs. Big dollar, recruiter kind of positions.

Plus, it would probably be best only applying a "bottom-up" approach ... get feedback from former co-workers or subordinates–not from former bosses.

Finally, don't charge and don't submit a report if there aren't enough responses to be statistically significant (or at least warn them). If 1 out of 2 people say this guys a tool, who knows. But if 78 out of 85 say it, it's probably trustworthy, no?

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Re:Skype Loses Engineering Chief (possibly due to TechCrunch... by singular on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @06:54PM (#1615882)

true, I think you'd definitely have to have a lot of controls in place; I mean I in principle agree with it - there are plenty of incredibly sucky, actually nasty, people out there and it turns your stomach to think they'll con their way into another job. Plus the opposite - the great people you'd like to see do really well. It's just trying to avoid abuse/errors, a big responsibility given the potential consequences.

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