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Comment by synnik | Hacker News Reader

Even more so, I would not even interview Jason for our company after seeing this. It isn't like anything was said that is negative... it is just that the hiring process (or anything HR-related) is private. Posting it online shows a lack of professionalism that would make me go to other candidates.

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Interesting interviews from Google, Facebook, Microsoft gets reviewed and talked about frequently by my friends and colleagues. I did not know that interview process should remain confidential.

Companies are kind of weird about what's public and what's private.

In this case, the worry is that candidates will see common interview questions in advance. It's an open secret that most interviewers at most companies reuse interview questions to a ridiculous degree.

The right answer is to fix that, probably. Glassdoor is going to change this over time whether we like it or not. But the traditional answer is "crack down on people talking about it."

It is not quite that simple. In most jobs, you will learn confidential and proprietary information. Posting about your interview shows that you care more about publicly sharing your internal knowledge of a company than you do about providing value to that company. That choice is not a trait that I want in my employees.

That's a kind of mechanistic thinking and attention to irrelevant details that might be restricting your talent pool.

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