Hiring Is Not Hazing

Why are manhole covers round? How many golf balls can fit in a 747? Why are job interviews so terrible? In the latest episode of the Rework podcast, Aja Hammerly, a developer advocate at Google, talks about the drawbacks of common tech interview techniques like whiteboard coding and trivia questions, and shares her tips for improving the process by making it about discovering the candidate’s best qualities.

For further reading on interviewing, check out Aja’s post “There Is No Perfect Interview” and these posts by Jim Mackenzie of Basecamp’s Support team: “Interview or Interrogation?” and “Under Pressure.”

3 thoughts on “Hiring Is Not Hazing

  1. Guys, I’m dreaming about working at Basecamp to be engaged in what you do!!!
    Thanks for sharing the info with us!

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