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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by ghaff on Monday April 07, 2025 @04:16PM (#43615501)
If you won’t fly out for an interview you’re probably not that interested and the company probably shouldn’t be either. Pre-COVID this was absolutely the normal way interviews were conducted.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by spzb on Monday April 07, 2025 @05:30PM (#43616163)
What an arrogant, ableist thing to say. I hope you're not involved in recruitment. The world has changed. Location is not the barrier it was five years ago.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by baq on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:49AM (#43619334)
Location isn't. Verification that you aren't a North Korea agent or just plain fraud is.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by ghaff on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @05:48AM (#43619905)
Mostly the latter but still. What some people on this thread don’t get is that unless you’re a known industry luminary, companies are not going to accommodate odd preferences without a legit reason like a physical disability. The resume probably won’t even make it out of HR. One key is both the company and candidate making requirements like travel clear up front. Saves everyone a lot of time.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by 9rx on Monday April 07, 2025 @04:28PM (#43615614)
If I'm not that interested in a company, I won't waste my time to contact them (or pay attention to their efforts to contact me). Having interest in them does not imply that I have an interest in travel, however. If I had an interest in travel, I'd have become an airline pilot or something like that instead.

But if they think they need someone who has a secret desire to man a ship or be a touring musician – cool. A good fit isn't a good fit.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by ghaff on Monday April 07, 2025 @04:34PM (#43615665)
It’s fine to have quirks. And yes that is largely a quirk. And it’s fine for others to decide that’s it’s more trouble than they want to deal with. I would probably be one of those people-/absent compelling reasons.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by 9rx on Monday April 07, 2025 @05:02PM (#43615902)
> It’s fine to have quirks.

Of course. If a company wants to be quirky, that is their choice to make.

> I would probably be one of those people-/absent compelling reasons.

Agreed. A job isn't usually all that compelling – there are jobs everywhere – but for the right business deal you can look past certain things.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by aaomidi on Monday April 07, 2025 @08:55PM (#43617390)
Yeah. I’m not interested in a company that values my time so little that they demand that from me.

You’re absolutely right this would filter out candidates like me.

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