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My spiciest take on tech hiring

My spiciest take on tech hiring … is that you only need to administer one technical interview and one n...

A heavyweight interview process is a turnoff for the most sought-after candidates (that can be more selective about where they apply). If anything, extending the interview process makes it more biased because you are selecting for candidates that can take significant time off from their normal schedule to participate in an extended interview panel (which are typically candidates from privileged backgrounds). The original rationale behind this was that interns were considered lower stakes “hires” so the interview process for them didn’t need to be as “rigorous”.

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