Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by chrisbennet on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:42AM
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If I see a position that has been open for longer than a month, I assume they are not serious about filling it. Either they aren't really hiring or they don't want to pay the market rate.
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Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by souprock on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @04:38PM
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That isn't right. We did hire, several times. More please!
I've been posting this for ages: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358038
We have well over a hundred people doing that sort of stuff.
This idea of "filling" a "position" is wrong. There is a need for competent technical staff who can contribute to the team. We hire them as we find them. There isn't a fixed number of slots to fill with warm bodies.
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by chrisbennet on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:58PM
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Your ad is a “looking for people” type ad. The ads I skip are the ones with fairly specific skills that haven’t been filled after a month.
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by anitil on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @07:45PM
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Looks like you do some interesting work! If I was a US citizen you'd be hearing from me.
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by scarejunba on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:36PM
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Most of the job positions all of FAANG have posted have been open for months, some for over a year. They are really hiring and have no problem paying market rate. That's a counterexample.
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by indigochill on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @01:36PM
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If a company is really hiring and paying market rate, what's the situation leading to positions open for over a year? Unicorn-hunting?
I've been part of a hiring process that took a couple months (and by the end had management breathing down our necks to just hire -someone-), but that was because we were hiring into an out-of-the-way location that generally lacked the skills locally that we were looking for. Neither of which would apply to FAANG.
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by GoToRO on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @01:54PM
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HR just leaves the same position open because it's not really a position, it's a category and they are too lazy to remove and add the same ad over and over.
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by zid3nt on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @01:49PM
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Maybe they're willing to hire in depth for those particular positions?
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by ido on Thursday November 29, 2018 @09:23AM
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The company I work at has an ad for "Senior Full-Stack Developer" and if 5 amazing candidates show up they'll probably hire all of them (or if just 1 shows up and gets hired the ad will remain online).
Re:You Only Need 50% of Job “Requirements”
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @01:43PM
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They are just being picky, and can afford to be picky. I’ve heard FAANG interview pass rates are pretty low, frustrating their recruiters to no end :).