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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by LaserToy on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:22PM (#18957106)
Are yo saying most of candidates commit fraud? Do you have any data on it or just following common sense nonsense?
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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by bradleyjg on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:28PM (#18957135)
> Are yo saying most of candidates commit fraud?

Nope.

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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by LaserToy on Monday January 21, 2019 @01:11PM (#18962175)
If majority doesn’t, why create a process that punishes everyone? People are lying on the resumes is a very common argument made by creators of insane interview processes. It feels weird to start a relationship with a company with assumption that I’m a cheater.
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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by bradleyjg on Monday January 21, 2019 @09:40PM (#18965582)
Who said anything about punishing anyone? 1) tptacek advocated for a specific kind of interviewing, 2) I asked him if he had ever seen a problem that I thought might be an issue with that method, 3) he explained that he wasn't worried about it because of X, Y, Z but acknowledged that for other companies it could be a problem, 4) I thought his answer was very reasonable. Also wool_gather and swish_bob added some useful ideas.

I'm not sure why you felt the need to come out guns blazing.

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