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by bdavisx 3661 days ago
Except according to an earlier posting from someone who went thru the process -- they didn't get a direct offer: they still had to go thru technical interviews. I thought a big point of this was that you could skip the BS technical interviews and prove yourself thru this.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11433414

While it's a great service, this takes a lot away for people who are great programmers but might not be great technical interviewers.
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tptacek 3661 days ago
We're just recruiters. We exert pressure where we can and get process breaks from most of our clients, but we're a tiny little company. Everyone gets interviewed.

Nobody wants to eliminate tech job interviews more than I do.

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kbenson 3661 days ago
To be fair, regardless of where the lead was sourced, if I was responsible for hiring a new programmer, I would make damn sure I had an interview with them that contained at least a technical portion. It's irresponsible not to, I wouldn't be doing my job. If the new employee turns out to not be able to code their way out of a paper bag, I'm sure I would catch at least some of the flak.

Trust but verify.

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