New hiring process: sample 600 people from the population at random, administer ... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		dullcrisp on March 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired New hiring process: sample 600 people from the population at random, administer IQ tests, hire highest scorer. Voila, only geniuses!

rhelz on March 14, 2024 | [–]

Is there any evidence that would be worse than the way we're doing it now??

mrguyorama on March 15, 2024 | | [–]

Literal random hiring would probably be better than what the industry does now.

dullcrisp on March 14, 2024 | | | [–]

None whatsoever!!

sneed_chucker on March 15, 2024 | [–]

A lot of technical interviewing is thinly veiled IQ testing

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact