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- I used to use Discord communities related to something I was hiring for with a #jobs channel (for …

… - I used to use Discord communities related to something I was hiring for with a #jobs channel (for example, Flutter), but those "gamers" have figured that out too, and now when you post there, you get a bunch of BS applicants. You can sometimes tell because they don't really bother setting a profile pic or anything for their Discord, so you know they probably just joined to game the system. All in all, when the application process is over, I am ending up feeling more and more irritated at the amount of time I have wasted filtering and filtering and filtering.

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There has to be a better way. I really think TripleByte was on to something. No other profession has such a convoluted interviewing system. Imagine if doctors were expected to perform surgeries in X minutes in order to prove they were qualified for the job? Imagine if a lawyer had to prove they graduated from law school by defending a random felon in a court setting. No other profession in existence expects candidates to dance on command the way we are expected to. Why do I have to prove over and over and over and over again that I can solve fizz-buzz or some other, similar brain teaser whose solution I more or less memorized. Why can't employers look at the plethora of code-related stuff with my name attacked to it that's out there on the Internet, ask me a few questions, and conclude that yep, he in fact knows what he is doing and probably did in fact work at these places he has listed…

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> they don't really bother setting a profile pic or anything for their Discord I dont have a Discord profile pic or personal info filled in in principle. Ive also disabled the exhibitionist “I am playing this now” feature. That makes me a scammer right? Or maybe … privacy oriented?

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Leetcode is incredibly easy (just time-consuming) to game, yet it's colloquially regarded as the gold standard for interviewing. I know someone who plays that GitHub profile game where they, at first glance, appear to be a contributor to ~20 teams' projects. I can tell you inside of a minute though, that his profile is bullshit. I think it's a great idea to ask the candidate about their public GitHub projects (I also think it's a great idea to ask candidates about their past jobs and make the interview as much like a two-way conversation as possible). What if there were a system where, for each applicant, it were to A) automatically verify the dates of employment with past employers (perfect for a call center in the third world), B) web scrape any linked SO/GitHub/Medium profiles and evaluate "novelty"/legitimacy, and C) look for certifications (ideally there's a central authority like w…

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