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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by jcims on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:55PM (#26427606)
>Not enough clarity about your role

This is true at large organizations as well, it's not like there is some jigsaw puzzle waiting for the candidate that's a perfect fit.

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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by vishnugupta on Thursday March 11, 2021 @02:06PM (#26427724)
To add to that, role clarity is inversely proportional to the seniority.
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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by ghaff on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:47PM (#26429418)
I got hired on for a position once where the job description was retroactively written for me after I came in for an interview. I suppose in retrospect that means it was written in a way that it probably wasn't a good fit for most people.
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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by jcims on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:57PM (#26429532)
That seems a little odd, maybe they had some KPIs around hiring/fit or something and wanted to fluff their numbers.
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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by ghaff on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:04PM (#26429607)
I'm not going to be specific, but at a certain level, companies will hire people that execs know/have worked with and figure out the best role for them.
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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by vishnugupta on Friday March 12, 2021 @08:07AM (#26435420)
> but at a certain level, companies will hire people that execs know/have worked with

This happens more frequently than people realise. Execs depend on, to state the obvious, a loyal next line leaders to get work done. And more often than not newly hired execs are under pressure to begin showing results in about 8 months or so. Hiring their loyalists gives them a very good chance of showing positive impact. Otherwise they need to wrangle with existing reports and peers to win their trust and loyalty which is a time consuming process.

I've seen this happen almost at all the places I've worked in

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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by goatinaboat on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:52AM (#26435273)
at a certain level, companies will hire people that execs know/have worked with

In Wales we call this “jobs for the boyos”.

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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by ghaff on Friday March 12, 2021 @08:41AM (#26435689)
"Old boys network" in the US. Companies do need to guard against excessively hiring only people with the right connections. On the other hand, personal networks are certainly a thing and companies rely heavily on referrals for hiring. I have to confess that I haven't gotten a job by applying blind/via a recruiter for 35 years.
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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by jcims on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:18PM (#26429706)
Oh yeah, totally, I just never saw anyone update a rec to suit. Maybe I just never paid attention. :)
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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by ghaff on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:25PM (#26429770)
I don't think there was a rec, or at least a published one :-)
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