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Tech Recruiters Defend 'Blacklists,' Lack of Feedback, Screening Techniques
Nerval's Lobster (2598977) writes Remember when executives at Apple, Google, and other firms "fixed" the market for highly skilled tech workers by agreeing not to steal each other's employees? That little incident made a lot of people think about the true modus operandi of corporate and third-party tech recruiters. Dice sat down with some of those recruiters, who talked about everything from "no poaching" tactics to the "blacklist" that exists for candidates who make boneheaded mistakes in interviews. The bottom line? Recruiters seem to pass the blame for some of the industry's most egregious errors on "junior recruiters and agencies," while insisting that their goal in life is to get you a job. How does that align with your experience?
They just made a left join against the database skills table when they should've done an inner join.
Oops.
Hmmm replies to a post about how the grandparent doesn't have DB experience with a DB joke. Sure you're not a recruiter? :)
Recruiters would reject an application from Steve Jobs to work at Apple, because he didn't have 20 years of experience in the smart phone field.
To be fair, his performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died.
For example, pretending to not discriminate on age by asking precisely selected interview questions.
"Reaction time is a factor in this, so please pay attention. Now, imagine you see some children on your lawn. What's your reaction?"