A Limited Interest Article on Employer Value Prop and Hiring

Re:A Limited Interest Article on Employer Value Prop and Hiring by darth_avocado on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:34AM (#34720838)

Err I didn’t say that during the interviews. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with interview processes for engineering roles in tech companies, but you absolutely do not even talk about your experience in most rounds, let alone the things you think I said.

Mostly it goes like this: 5 mins join the interview and the logistics setup, 5 mins the interviewer and the interviewee give a brief introduction, just polite small talk, 45 mins algorithm exercise, 5 mins at the end for the interviewer to answer any questions the candidates might have.

There is No opportunity as a candidate to talk about themselves. Maybe if you make it to the on-site and get to talk to the HM. But again, no one talks like you think I did.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Limited Interest Article on Employer Value Prop and Hiring by cj on Thursday February 09, 2023 @06:33AM (#34722444)

> I’m not sure if you’re familiar with interview processes for engineering roles in tech companies

I’m not the person your replying to. But…

I’ve hired dozens of engineers and manage the hiring at a tech company. Your description of the interview process is no where near the process I take when hiring engineers, and also isn’t what I hear candidates tell me about processes they’ve been through with other companies.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Limited Interest Article on Employer Value Prop and Hiring by RobRivera on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:03AM (#34723328)

ive interviewed dozens of times at faangs, their description is similar to my experience.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Limited Interest Article on Employer Value Prop and Hiring by ZephyrBlu on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:24AM (#34723544)

This sounds like a pretty standard FAANG interview loop.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Limited Interest Article on Employer Value Prop and Hiring by rendall on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:20AM (#34737022)

Perhaps very large companies don't care about the personality of a potential hire. Not my experience, but maybe. Small and medium sized companies absolutely will reject even talented engineers who are toxic or otherwise "not a culture fit". In fact, this "culture fit" jargon started in SV. It's weird that SV (?) is abandoning it.

I am familiar with tech interviews on both sides of the desk, and Darth avocado's 'splainer does not align with my experience either.

[ Parent | on HN ]