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Re:The hidden costs of engineering time in technical intervi... by watwut on Friday April 26, 2019 @01:55AM (#19755143)
If the company fires 20-40% within first month, I would assume they are looking for too specific mold to fit in. I do not like places with too much pressure on conformity, so I would pass.

People in places where they fire easily and often are too insecure. That means taboos over things that should be discussion and fear of disagreement.

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Re:The hidden costs of engineering time in technical intervi... by ebiester on Friday April 26, 2019 @11:41AM (#19758667)
...and that's why we have these ridiculous interviewing systems. It's one thing to take a chance on someone who may have had a bad technical interview but might be fine if they're not currently in a gig, but it's another for us to hire from a stable gig.

So, we as an industry default to "no" instead of "yes."

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