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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by id00 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:23PM (#33975194)
> The only reason big companies do these massive complex multi-hour interview processes that require ten plus people is because nobody wants to take responsibility for a shitty hire so they make sure everyone gets involved so it can’t be blamed on a single person.

This is a very detached view from the reality. The only reason for the company to spend that much time on the interview process is to reduce the rate of "false positives" as it's deemed very expensive at the big tech. Avoiding individual accountability is not the reason

Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by mejutoco on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:56AM (#33999521)
It is a structural property of committees. They dilute blame.

Not OP, I do not mean that there is an evil confabulation for this to happen, but if you have a hiring committee, this is happening. Even if it would reduce the amount of bad candidates (which is not a given at all), both effects can happen simultaneously.