Ask HN: Feeling pressured to accept startup job offer quickly

Re:Ask HN: Feeling pressured to accept startup job offer qui... by zo1 on Sunday March 22, 2015 @03:26AM (#9245950)

Easy: Don't agree with it (unless you're really desperate for the job).

The amount of times when "quick thinking" and "fast-solution, now, give it, before this clock ticks!!" actually happens in day-to-day situations is ridiculously tiny. So testing for it in an interview is pointless, and I'd tell them just that.

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Re:Ask HN: Feeling pressured to accept startup job offer qui... by nnd on Sunday March 22, 2015 @09:14AM (#9246636)

I completely agree with you.

Unfortunately, the best companies use this interview process (at least for initial screening). Yes it is broken, but I think of it just as a set of hoops you have to jump through to show your ability to commit (i.e. in this case get better at algorithmic trivia).

I'm not desperate for any job, but I am desperate for a job in a breakout company.

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