[robertlagrant]

The intractable problem is there is a vast, opposed gulf between "interviews that are measurable, that HR can use later as collateral against anti-discrimination lawsuits" and "interviews that are effective at hiring a person for a role".

[lapcat]

> HR can use later as collateral against anti-discrimination lawsuits

This is a myth. There's almost no reality to job candidates filing frivolous lawsuits. Hardly anyone looking for a job has the time or money for this, not to mention the likely prospect of getting blacklisted entirely from the industry for filing a lawsuit.

[robertlagrant]

I'm not saying they're frivolous.

[danjl]

HR should not be evaluating coding skills. Senior developers should evaluate their future peers.

[robertlagrant]

I'm not saying they do or should. I'm saying they apply pressure to standardise evaluation, for not terrible reasons, but probably at the cost of finding worse candidates than the best possible ones that could be found with more bespoke/hard to standardise interviewing.