I did five interviews and a project for the last job I didnt get. I’m scheduled for interview number four for a job I’m working now.
When I was hiring engineers I capped it at three interviews, maximum two hours of candidate time.
The reality is that if you know shit about your job, you will know if someone is a good fit in the first 10 minutes. If they suck, you will know it faster. It doesn’t take hours and weeks to hire people, you just have to grow a set and be secure that you know your shit.
I’ve seen this and the other extreme, like at my current job. We hire basically anyone, overlooking obvious flaws, then give them a basically blank check for fucking up. I don’t know why no one can get the balance right. Don’t hire just anyone, but also don’t grill the living shit out of the candidate! A single one hour interview is probably enough, but also don’t be so forgiving that anything off about the candidate needs to be noticed by everyone on the hiring panel to matter.
I did five interviews and a project for the last job I didnt get. I’m scheduled for interview number four for a job I’m working now.
When I was hiring engineers I capped it at three interviews, maximum two hours of candidate time.
The reality is that if you know shit about your job, you will know if someone is a good fit in the first 10 minutes. If they suck, you will know it faster. It doesn’t take hours and weeks to hire people, you just have to grow a set and be secure that you know your shit.
I’ve seen this and the other extreme, like at my current job. We hire basically anyone, overlooking obvious flaws, then give them a basically blank check for fucking up. I don’t know why no one can get the balance right. Don’t hire just anyone, but also don’t grill the living shit out of the candidate! A single one hour interview is probably enough, but also don’t be so forgiving that anything off about the candidate needs to be noticed by everyone on the hiring panel to matter.