Re:What We Look for in a Resume
by jedberg on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:35AM
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It's a matter of ROI. The initial skim is just the sorting phase. And sure, I may miss a great candidate, but that's the price one pays. It's much better to get a false negative than a false positive.
A false negative costs me very little. A false positive is a massive burden. I'm optimizing to avoid false positives.
Also to be clear, I will read the full resume of a candidate I'm interviewing. And their blog and GitHub and whatever else they tell me about. And I'll take notes so I can ask them about interesting things I find.
The skimming is just for the initial "should we consider this person for an interview" screen.
A false negative costs me very little. A false positive is a massive burden. I'm optimizing to avoid false positives.
Also to be clear, I will read the full resume of a candidate I'm interviewing. And their blog and GitHub and whatever else they tell me about. And I'll take notes so I can ask them about interesting things I find.
The skimming is just for the initial "should we consider this person for an interview" screen.