Why Are Interviews Harder Than the Job?

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cranberryturkey · 2d ago

Back in the 90s all it took was a resume and a phone call and if they liked you you were hired. THat's how I hire except I ask for github.

sherdil2022 · 2d ago

There are many reasons and there is a long way to go for these interviews to be inclusive and logical. I have been trying my best to change the culture around interviews and mention this to all hiring managers and interviewers to be more inclusive and use points from the following articles (not a complete list):

Don’t Do Interviews, Do Discussions! https://thinkingthrough.substack.com/p/dont-do-interviews-do...

Tech Sector Job Interviews Assess Anxiety, Not Software Skills https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/07/tech-job-interviews-anxiety/

Developer Interviews, and how you are doing them wrong. https://www.coscreen.co/blog/you-are-interviewing-developers...

Ten years of experience, still failing phone screens https://kevin.burke.dev/kevin/phone-screens-broken/

Stop Interviewing With Leet Code https://fev.al/posts/leet-code/

I'm a very slow thinker https://sive.rs/slow

Screen In to diversify your workforce https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/screen-diversify-your-workfor...

Interview accommodations for NeuroDivergent people is a right - but not all know these rights. And some companies may not care - and many hiring managers don't even have awareness!

It's a long way to go to make interviews more inclusive - but don't go down without fighting for your rights!

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Why Are Interviews Harder Than the Job?

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