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Re:Ask HN: Technical roles without technical interviews? by CM30 on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:03PM (#23941849)
Well, there are three ways you can do this, at least from what I've seen/heard.

1. Become enough of an expert/authority in your field that you're hired on the work you've done in the past. If you're a superstar that invented a game changing JavaScript framework or open source project used by millions, people aren't gonna throw you into a technical interview before hiring you.

2. Find companies your friends/acquaintances work for and get the job through your connections rather than a formal interview process.

3. Apply for jobs at smaller or less technically focused companies where interviews are a bit more traditional (and often come down to a quick chat over a coffee or something).

Re:Ask HN: Technical roles without technical interviews? by aprdm on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:09PM (#23946338)
1. Become enough of an expert/authority in your field that you're hired on the work you've done in the past. If you're a superstar that invented a game changing JavaScript framework or open source project used by millions, people aren't gonna throw you into a technical interview before hiring you.

That depends. There's the case of the person who wrote brew being asked technical questions to work at Apple.

In smaller fields, maybe. In FAANG I believe you would still go through the pipeline.

On (2) likewise for a FAANG

Re:Ask HN: Technical roles without technical interviews? by throwawayc2020 on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:10PM (#23943901)
Thanks for the tips, those do seem practical.