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Thinking about a recent job interview process I went through with a bunch of “very smart people” with Ivy League backgrounds. It was a small quantitative trading firm, they were all very smart(tm).
Anyway I thought I could help them mature their tech stack which was based on python 2.7?!? The crazy part is 2.7 was probably already EOL before these kids had even left university.
Several interviews later they make me do a coding challenge with their lead Ops guy who didn’t really know Unix…and I’m pretty sure it was a scam to get me to fix a problem they were having and couldn’t figure out. Whatever, unfortunately that’s pretty common I reckon.
Then they passed on me a few days later. No context, nothing just a form letter.
The hiring process right now is so broken, and I’m not even sure there is a way to fix this without a massive unionization and apprenticeship movement. This throwing darts at a board thing we currently do isn’t helping anyone.