Hiring your startup’s next great employee

Re:Hiring your startup’s next great employee by Peroni on Thursday October 17, 2013 @10:05AM (#6565385)

The advice in general is reasonably solid but this particular point is absolute madness:

Around 8 people is perfect to interview a candidate

Half that number is perfect for interviewing a candidate. You simply don't need 8 different opinions to get a gauge on technical ability and culture fit.

I wouldn't even dream of jumping through so many hoops for a job. Finding good people is difficult, adding hurdles like an intense or lengthy interview process just makes it more difficult.

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Re:Hiring your startup’s next great employee by hkarthik on Thursday October 17, 2013 @10:47AM (#6565689)

I had the same reaction, but when he got to the point about the Hard Yes (+2) and Hard No (-4), I assumed the number of interviewers was closely tied to having enough of a sample size to using this scoring system effectively.

But yes, I agree that 8 people is a crazy amount of interviews. In this market you can't expect to do that unless you either have a stellar reputation and an influx of excellent candidates that you're trying to sift through.

Very few startups are in such a position today.

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