[jcrowe]

I have to agree with the comment from johnjlocke. Also, many job descriptions focus too much on providing a laundry list of requirements and don't touch on what the role can mean for the candidate (how they can help the company achieve its larger goals and how it can help the right candidate do challenging things they love). Plug: We have a guide on our site gleaned from experience helping to recruit and hire tech roles for our portfolio companies: http://labs.openviewpartners.com/boring-job-descriptions/

Also, here's a list of three examples of great job descriptions from TLNT you can check out: http://www.tlnt.com/2012/08/02/three-awesome-examples-of-gre...

[normloman]

Two of those three examples are horrendous. The second sounds like it's trying too hard to sound "hip" while the third makes applicants complete a tedious puzzle to apply. Using programming puzzles at the interview is bad enough. Making candidates jump through all those hoops just to apply is insulting.

[toomuchtodo]

You need a lot of "street cred" to use a puzzle in a job application. Google. Dropbox. Facebook. Maybe Twilio. Anybody else? immediately skip on to next one