Hacker News with Generative AI: Hiring Practices

Hackerrank was broken – but now it's harmful (mataroa.blog)
I had an interesting conversation with some junior and mid-level engineers recently. They were pretty discouraged about whiteboading coding tests. Apparently, they've gotten significantly harder over the last two years.

Coding Tests, Software Development, Hiring Practices

59 points by lunarcave 6 days ago | 66 comments

Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs (arxiv.org)
This study investigates the emerging phenomenon of "ghost hiring" or "ghost jobs", where employers advertise job openings without intending to fill them.

Job Market, Hiring Practices, Labor Economics

394 points by JSeymourATL 19 days ago | 567 comments

That position you just applied for might be a ghost job that'll never be filled (theregister.com)
If you didn't hear back about that great-looking tech position you applied for, it might not be because there were too many applicants scrambling to find a job amid rolling layoffs. There's a distinct possibility the posting was fake to begin with.

Job Market, Tech Industry, Hiring Practices

6 points by LinuxBender 30 days ago | 2 comments

Unravelling the Golden Interview Question: "Tell Me About Yourself" (2023) (medium.com)
Many hiring managers claim that they know whether a candidate is a good fit for a role within the first 5 minutes of an interview. It takes me bit longer than that, but more than one candidate has run aground trying to navigate the first question I ask in every single interview I conduct.

Job Interviews, Hiring Practices, Communication Skills

5 points by mooreds 38 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: What is it with this hate and disdain for interns/junior engineers? (ycombinator.com)
Some examples of this that I have seen so often:<p>No openings for interns or junior engineers, yet the companies and people I talk with, the senior engineers get sick often, lack drive and take longer PTO and their work isn't really that adequate.<p>Blaming interns or junior engineers for simple mistakes, which the senior which also should have seen.<p>Not training interns or junior engineers to become senior and be given more responsibility, I'm assuming we are all aware of the bus

Software Engineering, Workplace Culture, Hiring Practices, Internships

23 points by colesantiago 52 days ago | 43 comments

In Defense of LeetCode Interviews (alexmolas.com)
For the last weeks at Wallapop, we have been interviewing candidates for a Data Scientist position. Our current interview process is quite standard, but there are some things we would like to change about the process. We were talking about it during lunch, and I saw my opportunity to propose one of my hot takes: “We should start doing Leetcode interviews” 1. And, as expected, no one agreed with me. Their main arguments against my proposal were

Data Science, Interviews, Hiring Practices, Software Engineering

24 points by alexmolas 56 days ago | 89 comments

Ask HN: Who is pretending to be hiring? (ycombinator.com)
I’m looking for a job and like many people in this situation am finding it unusually difficult.

Job Hunting, Hiring Practices, Employment

337 points by neilk 63 days ago | 127 comments

Bosses are firing Gen Z grads just months after hiring them (yahoo.com)

Generation Z, Employment, Hiring Practices, Labor Market

11 points by rustoo 67 days ago | 7 comments

3 in 10 Companies Currently Have Fake Job Postings Listed (resumebuilder.com)

Job Market, Fraud, Hiring Practices

50 points by gscott 103 days ago | 21 comments

More than 8 in 10 recruiters say they post 'Ghost jobs' (fortune.com)

Hiring Practices, Job Market, Recruitment

15 points by conqrr 103 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: Front-end bait and switch? (ycombinator.com)