What I Learnt From Reviewing 22 CVs

Re:What I Learnt From Reviewing 22 CVs by Insanity on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @08:54AM (#23758672)

FWIW, recently I had to interview a fair number of candidates and screen their CVs. The point made about having a github profile definitely resonates with me. With the small caveat that if it was empty, I considered it silly to put something on your CV that you're not using. For frontend developers some kind of portfolio also stands out, and many did seem to have some.

I know it's bias and many good developers don't have side projects. It's just my "gut reaction" towards the CVs.

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Re:What I Learnt From Reviewing 22 CVs by throwaway98797 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @09:18AM (#23758895)

Identifies bias. Changes nothing.

Snarky comment aside, that’s the challenge that even if you see a flawed thinking in yourself it’s hard to change your bias. We give ourselves a pass too often.

Maybe we shouldn’t be so forgiving.

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Re:What I Learnt From Reviewing 22 CVs by corytheboyd on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:03AM (#23759968)

Yeah, it’s something I catch myself doing all the time too, confirming a bias I have but then just moving on anyway. As if confirming the bias somehow made it okay to just have it.

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Re:What I Learnt From Reviewing 22 CVs by Insanity on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @01:22PM (#23761549)

In the moment itself I manage to move away from the bias - but a lot of times it probably happens subconsciously.

It's tricky to overcome, not sure if it is even possible to overcome it entirely.

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