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Dear Fedi,

I'm helping an IT company design their recruiting framework and would like it to not be malignant towards candidates.

If you have recent interview experience, I'd like to ask along the lines of:

(1) How many rounds of interviews have you encountered? Was it too much, too little time?
(2) How was the deep dive in your technical skills and expertise? Did they ask the right questions?
(3) Did the company and department present themselves well?
(4) If you entered the company: Did their presentation match the reality of working there?
(5) Were there things you liked/disliked about particular interview processes?

I'd appreciate you proliferating this 🔁 Thank you!

I don't have a lot of experience as a candidate, but my personal opinion is that the single most important thing is process transparency. For example:

1. We do 4 interviews in total, 1 with the recruiter, 1 with the HR manager, 1 with the hiring manager, and then 1 with their manager.

2. We do not want to waste your time. If we do not feel there is a strong chance of a hire, we notify the candidate immediately.

3. As a matter of policy, we do not post "ghost jobs". This can be demonstrated in our metrics: Over the past three months we have listed 4 positions, we received 75 applications, we scheduled interviews with 18 people and we made 2 hires.