[WhosGhostin]

> Also, an HNer shouldn't phrase a headline as a question, since it's a local meme that the answer is "no".

Is that the case here?

> First, lead your post with the problem

This is a great suggestion, but writing, like good engineering is context sensitive - a "good pattern" can have an exception.

For this post, I wanted to empathize with candidates most of who are having a terrible time right now and some being outright exploited. Which is why it begins the way it does.

> Also, elaborate on why this following one is a problem [edit: clarified which quote I was talking about], and how much you're speculating

This post is in part, to check my hypothesis that atleast one company is using the weak market to expose their staff to the process of interviewing experienced candidates - something that would be hard to do in a "hot" market where experienced candidates are hard to come by to interview.

[neilv]

I like your Spidey Sense for possible wrongdoing, and I guess there's a good chance you're on to something this time.

But I was confused why you were leading with a call to action of starting a subreddit, before you said why. What I think was the lede -- that there might be bad actors using fake interviews for training or other purposes -- was buried.

I happened to read further, but I think many readers wouldn't. Then towards the end, you're asking for more information, and the short-attention-span readers have forgotten your original call to action.

[WhosGhostin]

> Then towards the end, you're asking for more information, and the short-attention-span readers have forgotten your original call to action

This makes a lot of sense. I also Thank You for suggesting how I could have done better so I upvoted you as well - I made this comment because it might feel like I was disagreeing with you, but I was really challenging you with an alternate POV and clarifying my own thought process