[autokad]

also, how would you measure someone's slope? would it even be fair to evaluate them by it?

[ashtonkem]

Even if it was linear, you can’t tell the slope of a line from one measurement, and an interview is one measurement. You’d need two interviews separated by some time, which is obviously impractical.

[throwaway287391]

And even if you could, once interviewees know you're doing this, they could easily game it by intentionally bombing the first interview.

[yellowapple]

> You’d need two interviews separated by some time, which is obviously impractical.

My experience with multi-round interviews being stretched across multiple weeks strongly suggests otherwise.

Further, this is kind of the whole point of a probationary period, no?

[ashtonkem]

My feeling is that multi-round interviews and probationary periods are less about getting a more precise view of a workers growth, and more about being extremely risk adverse in hiring.