Hacker News with Generative AI: Hiring Practices

Integrating AI (scott-fryxell.github.io)
Finding out that Anthropic is asking developers to not use AI during the interview process is pretty bonkers. I think it shows that we've always half-assed our way into finding good engineers.

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Hiring Practices

38 points by sfryxell 7 days ago | 22 comments

The Crisis in Tech's Obsession with Junior Talent (medium.com)
I’ll never forget the meeting where “cost optimization” became corporate speak for “let’s fire our architects and hire more construction workers.” A brilliant engineer I’d worked with for years — the kind who could debug kernel panics in his sleep — was escorted out while his team inherited a fresh-faced junior who’d just learned React.

Tech Industry, Hiring Practices, Software Development

21 points by PretzelFisch 11 days ago | 18 comments

CEO/Founder of Imprint admits to discriminatory hiring practices (twitter.com)

Hiring Practices, Discrimination, Business

3 points by mojomark 28 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Why can't we comment on YC hiring ads? (ycombinator.com)
I’ve noticed that YC companies often advertise their hiring positions. That’s great news! However, I’ve also seen some of their comments that raise concerns. I know for a fact that some of them have toxic hiring or team practices (which is why they need to advertise so frequently). I’m curious why comments aren’t available on those ads.

Startup Hiring, YC, Transparency, Community Feedback, Hiring Practices

10 points by haliskerbas 31 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: Why does US allow hard tech interview questions if it bans IQ tests? (ycombinator.com)
Tech interviewers often claim that they ask difficult questions to gain insight into how candidates think and how they handle reaching their limits.

Tech Interviews, Hiring Practices, Intelligence Testing

5 points by amichail 36 days ago | 18 comments

Ghost jobs – 7 in 10 hiring managers consider them morally acceptable (stackoverflow.blog)
You’re looking for a new job, trawling the job boards and checking the career pages of companies you’ve heard good things about. You find a role that looks like a great match for your skills and experience. You buff up your resume, labor over a cover letter, and hit Apply with your fingers crossed.

Hiring Practices, Job Market, Ethics, Technology

33 points by zh3 56 days ago | 28 comments

Companies are firing Gen Z employees soon after hiring them (euronews.com)
A recent report found that companies were dissatisfied with their Generation Z (Gen Z) new hires and may avoid hiring recent graduates in the future.

Gen Z, Employment, Labor Market, Hiring Practices

9 points by makerdiety 68 days ago | 5 comments

University of Michigan eliminates DEI statements as part of faculty hiring (cbsnews.com)
The University of Michigan will no longer ask for diversity statements as part of its hiring process and when considering promotion and tenure.

Higher Education, DEI, Hiring Practices

6 points by nsoonhui 78 days ago | 0 comments

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 86 days ago | 67 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 99 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 110 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 118 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 132 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 136 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 143 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 147 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 183 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 183 days ago | 5 comments

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