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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by thebean11 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:42PM (#23849735)
Interesting theory, but does the game theory hold up? If high interviewing standards are only good for scaring employees into staying put, couldn't one of the FAANGs "defect" and lower the bar, gaining a hiring advantage over the others?
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:10PM (#23850156)
Do they care to have a hiring advantage, though?
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by decafninja on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:21PM (#23853655)
Probably not, at least in the sense being talked about.

After all, there is a glut of applicants to the top companies, combined with the idea of wanting to avoid false positives (bad engineer putting on an act) at any cost, even if it means losing out on many false negatives (good engineers who interview poorly).

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