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It's not necessarily a reflection on the team you are going to be in.

Large companies have the problem that they get 100's if not 1000's of applicants for a role, and so HR screen them before they even get to the hiring manager.

And whether HR screen via keyword search, AI CV reading, online tests, phone screens or AI interviews - it's always massively imperfect - as the HR recruiter doesn't have the expertise of the hiring manager.



That's assuming they open up a role for public applications, I think (assume, believe, etc) that these companies will have internal recruiters reaching out first before opening it to the public.


That works better but is expensive - quite often you have to show the public route has failed before you can justify active recruitment.

Also large companies intrinsically know that in the end active recruitment is a bit of a zero sum game - you poach your competitors staff they poach yours - so there is a hesitancy in getting involved in that game.

I have seen people who are actively recruited ( hey we think your great please apply ), who are then forced to do these kind of HR screenings ( because that's the process ). This clearly doesn't make any sense and sends entirely the wrong signal.




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