Re:Tell HN: Unpaid home assignments are not ok
by naniwaduni on Friday August 12, 2022 @09:06AM
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> Name me one interview method that actually has better results than that? Okay, lets eliminate the ones that are obviously unqualified from the ones we paste up, is your method still better?
Once we admit "eliminate the ones that are obviously unqualified", there's no longer a principled distinction between dartboarding and what we actually have, it's just a matter of degree of filtering.
The optimal level of filtering is almost inherently going to look higher to employers and lower to applicants based on their incentives. Fixing this is a coordinated action problem.
Re:Tell HN: Unpaid home assignments are not ok
by dbrgn on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:50AM
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Links to such scientific research would be welcome!
Re:Tell HN: Unpaid home assignments are not ok
by bluGill on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:53AM
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I know it exists, or at least my HR department tells me it exists, but I have no idea how to find it. All I know is HR claims the interview training I've had is based on research. (the STARs system which dates to the 1950s, I'm not sure if it is still considered a good system in research)
Name me one interview method that actually has better results than that? Okay, lets eliminate the ones that are obviously unqualified from the ones we paste up, is your method still better?
Most people interviewing honestly have no reason to believe they have a better method. There has been a fair amount of scientific research about how to select good employees, but none of that has made it to the people interviewing. I don't know much that will help, but HR really should be finding scientific basis for how to interview and training people on that.