[ge96]

Check r/cscareerquestions ha usually blood bath for juniors eg. thousands of applications to try and land a job. r/experienceddevs too a little different vibe there but some insight on job market

But hey if you don't use AI when doing an interview, might have a better leg up than those that do eg. pause for 5 seconds between responses, ear piece, looking at a screen, someone replacing you after hiring, etc...

[red_hare]

> pause for 5 seconds between responses

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I've gotten so aggressive about monitoring for this. I do most interviews zoomed in on the candidate's eyes and I rubric on how they "thought" through the problem, not just the results.

Thankfully the interview tools are catching on as well and now tracking this like browser focus, number of monitors, window size, and sending notifications when any of those change.

[mooreds]

We actually state in our job listings that we will have an onsite interview as part of the process (we pay for travel/hotel, of course!).

Seems to weed these folks out.

[teeray]

I did not have Voight-Kampff tests on my 2026 hiring bingo card, but here we are.

[joeypickles]

I know this is HN and we’re not supposed to laugh, but this gave me a smile.

[sixtyj]

We are heading into Blade Runner times so V-K test is the appropriate prop :)

And SpaceX is the Tyrell corporation… /s

[nsvd2]

Surely all of those metrics can be easily gamed by a competent software engineer.

[skylurk]

> competent software engineer

hired :)

[10xDev]

Reddit, is not and never was reality especially now with all the bots with private profiles. Either they are unemployed or a senior developer at FAANG.

[ge96]

Will say there is a difference between "reality" and hackernews too, this is a startup elite type place, jobs posted here, different than those posted on LinkedIn.

I'm just fortunate recruiters have found me for my jobs... there was one time I used Hired that was back in 2022 that worked for 1 job.

The hiding of user posts on reddit is bs I hate that, although it is convenient if you want to just hide all your stuff without deleting your account

[confidantlake]

Can't say this place is any better.