We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in engineering hiring

Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by joshmarlow on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:12PM (#21695545)

I'm asking to better understand - can you think of ways to make an interview process more comfortable? What about 'blind' remote interviews (ie, no video, but audio)?

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by sbilstein on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:23PM (#21695669)

The company that wrote this blogpost, which I work for part-time, does exactly that. I think it's a massive improvement.

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by TurkishPoptart on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:34PM (#21695799)

I like this idea, but what makes it different from a phone call? I avoid video chat whenever I can. I don't want to see myself in the screen. When I can just speak to an interviewer on the phone, I do better.

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by sbilstein on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:37PM (#21695820)

We do a shared code editor and VoIP. It really helps to not be able to see any facial expressions IMO. I've done like a hundred or so of these interviews.

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by TurkishPoptart on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:19PM (#21696834)

Awesome! I hope more companies begin to do the same!

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by sukilot on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @08:33PM (#21698828)

Voice interviews are biased against non-native speakers of the company's language.

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by gedaxiang on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:17AM (#21699801)

That could be true, but communication has to be a point of evaluation for most jobs.

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