| If "FakeCo" was to post on Indeed/LinkedIn or even cold email me, I won't even take a second look at it, but, if they post on HN, I will not only check them out but go as far as give their take home assignments a serious shot because HN has a special place in my heart and I want to help my fellow entrepreneurs. I am very confident in saying this is just not me - a lot of you treat the posts in the monthly "Who's Hiring" pretty seriously as well! However: Reading reports on HN, it seems like, certain companies have realized we take the posts in the monthly "Who's Hiring" pretty seriously and are actively exploiting our goodwill. Currently, there is absolutely no way for us to communicate to each other when we come across these companies. THIS is an attempt in fixing that. Secondary objectives of this thread could be to: i. Inform us if the project manager has asked the non-technical interviewer to ask technical questions from a list.
What's the runtime of QuickSort? Best case, worst case or average case? What's the partioning strategy you want me to use? Aux storage needed? Does it say I have to say "O(n log n)" on the list? ii. Warn us that a post is really for a H1B PERM and no real application is being sought.
It's just a honeypot to produce as evidence in case the DHS ever comes knocking asking questions if an US Citizen was considered for the position iii. Warn us that the architect you get to speak with at the end of the 18 hour interview pipeline hates anyone who ever coded in Java as it's "pure poison for the mind" and wants to ensure you forgot all the "bad habits" that Java taught you and "C# with LINQ" is the real solution to all the world's problems iv. ... you get the idea I DONT expect quality control on Indeed/LinkedIn/WhatHaveYou and treat these sites with the respect they deserve. I DO really respect HN and believe it's important to be able to verify and maintain the integrity of "Who's Hiring" with what we can Please suggest away and if all these experiences are just me, no one here had to go through any of this, I am really sorry for wasting your time. |