Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
by BlargMcLarg on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:05AM
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Problem being interviewers can spin almost every arbitrary detail into a "red flag", and they have done so for decades. It's the benefit which comes with being in a position of power where they get to be far pickier than most candidates can comparatively.
It's the same reason so many arbitrary things go from "this is absolutely necessary" to "this would be nice" to "oh we can remove that please don't walk away!" depending on the state of the job market. Interviewers are surprisingly flexible when they are no longer the ones holding the reins.
Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
by maerF0x0 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:47AM
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Yeah I do think there are a ton of fallacies that the modern corporation brings to interviewing, which you'd think if someone could break the pattern they might have an advantage? Like one big one for me is the idea that holding out for a better candidate vs hiring an adequate one and giving them world class training? How many months of lost productivity from interviewing another month vs having a fully productive employee one month sooner... and your whole team back on track with building the products that customers supposedly want "right now!" ?
Let me start off saying I dont agree with this logical fallacy. So don't downvote me if you don't like that some employers think this way.
I think many interviewers/managers worry that a gap in resume is actually you got fired and then spent months looking for a new role (possibly this one). Or that you started at a company and then left within a month or two.
I guess the belief is an employee who gets fired ought to be red lettered and too big a risk to employ ever again? (fallacy)
Now starting at a company and leaving early could be a red flag on the employee in that they agreed to do something and then didnt follow through. But it could just as easily be that the company really misrepresented themselves during the interviewing process and lo and behold it's actually a shit show once you start working for them.