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Comment by hak8or | Hacker News Reader

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Is this really normal for web developer? I don't work in web dev, but I would absolutely not put up with this for only a 100k salary and getting paid roughly one grand for an interview process that takes in total days.

Reason why is because I've had interviews at other companies which are far less interrogative from the company towards me. For example, for my current job (embedded systems) I had:

- 30 minute phone interview with a technically competent hr rep - a quick very easy online quiz (multiple choice/few sentence answers) -one more 30 minute phone interview with a developer (open ended technical discussion) -onsite for roughly 2 to 3 hours with a dew developers, all very open ended technical discussions

It was honestly the best hiring process I encountered. I didn't feel like I was even tested during the interviews, it was genuinely enjoyable technical conversations.

As best I can tell, our process is not typical. But it's also not fundamentally a bad thing. It obviously doesn't interest you and I'm sure there are others who wouldn't apply for the same reason.

But, there are others out there who appreciate a more thorough approach and might view the process you described as inadequate.

Also, our salary range is higher for senior devs.

I think what matters is whether the process being used by the organization is resulting in the hiring of developers that are a good match. I'm glad we are doing things this way even though it makes hiring take longer and likely filters out candidates who could do the work. It's an imperfect balancing act, one I'm always looking to improve. The main point of the post I made above was to show how IMO take home exams can be executed well, not to argue that everyone needs such an elaborate application process.

> rsyring 7 hours ago [-]

As best I can tell, our process is not typical. But it's also not fundamentally a bad thing. It obviously doesn't interest you and I'm sure there are others who wouldn't apply for the same reason. But, there are others out there who appreciate a more thorough approach and might view the process you described as inadequate.

Path of least resistance my friend, path if least resistance.

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