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You're Not Interviewing for the Job. You're Auditioning for the Job Title

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191 points foxfired | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 21:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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solotronics ◴[02 Sep 25 23:32 UTC] No.45110466[source]▶
It's been 10 years since I did an interview and I think I would rather retire and grow rare lizards than jump through the interview hoops at a new company. I am 90% sure I couldn't pass the interview for my current position but I'm the one who designed the whole thing. -staff level backend engineer
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wccrawford ◴[02 Sep 25 23:43 UTC] No.45110562[source]▶
I was 14 years in a job at senior level and got laid off.

And yeah, it's pretty much as bad as you describe.

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benoau ◴[03 Sep 25 00:38 UTC] No.45110949[source]▶
Yep. I didn't even "pass" some of the coding challenges despite hiring, firing, and writing coding challenges myself!

What I often saw was many of those jobs were sitting on the market for months and months just getting relisted every few weeks. The ones that actually led to interviews, I had one dipshit proudly tell me about his 2-hour commute five days a week. Another told me they wanted to vomit-out mini-MVPs and were replacing the new guy who wasn't doing it fast enough. Just an ocean of fake jobs and awful jobs lol.

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1. mooreds ◴[03 Sep 25 17:22 UTC] No.45118331[source]▶
> Just an ocean of fake jobs and awful jobs lol.

Oof. Is that true of the "who's hiring" posts here on HN?

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2. MarcelOlsz ◴[04 Sep 25 23:00 UTC] No.45133212[source]▶
There's many awful things, but HN who's hiring isn't one of them IMO. Because HN has maintained an image of being for "smart in the know" people and discussions despite being huge, connections fostered here tend to start off with a stronger weight than completely cold interactions, there's some minor level of inherent trust there.

I can't remember the last time someone didn't reply to me from here, but then again I choose my applications very carefully. You also get to meet a truly diverse set of people and opportunities rather than "more of the same".