Why Are Interviews Harder Than the Job?
I’ve seen a lot of startups try to make hiring easier over the years, but they all seem to converge on becoming slightly better applicant tracking systems. Then, a few months ago, I saw this LinkedIn post. Here’s the post in case you don’t want to log in to see it. It’s similar in tone to this meme. I’m currently leading an interview process at my current job. Whenever I do this, I remember how grueling and painful hiring is. And that is as a hiring manager–I know it is even tougher as a candidate in this job market. After all I am getting paid and many candidates are unemployed. I’ve been in the latter situation and the situation is often quite urgent. But today, I wanted to dig into why interviews for software related jobs are often harder than the job itself. This…
