How to be a terrible hiring manager
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The document humorously outlines how to be a terrible hiring manager through various missteps such as asking irrelevant questions, duplicating candidate information requests, and failing to communicate effectively. It emphasizes the importance of avoiding privilege bias and unnecessary skill requirements while also critiquing hiring practices that favor cultural cloning. Overall, it serves as a guide for common pitfalls in the hiring process, encouraging a more thoughtful approach.
How to be a terrible hiring manager
- 1. @geekygirldawn How to be aTerrible Hiring Manager Dawn M. Foster, Pivotal Painting: Ivan the Terrible and Souls of his Victims by Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
- 2. WHOAMI Geek, Traveler, Reader 20+ Years in Tech / OSS OSS Strategy Lead at Pivotal Photos by Mom, Josh Bancroft, Don Park@geekygirldawn
- 3. Rock Stars Famous people with big egos who smash things Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay@geekygirldawn
- 4. Ninjas Sneaky mercenaries who may kill you Image by MichaelWuensch from Pixabay @geekygirldawn
- 5. GitHub as Resume Hire privileged people with loads of free time @geekygirldawn
- 6. Requirements List nice to haves as must have requirements Image Credit: Gage Skidmore@geekygirldawn
- 7. Duplication Make candidates provide the same info multiple times Image Credit: Ag Ku@geekygirldawn
- 8. Surprise! Don’t set expectations for the process Image Credit: Simon Law@geekygirldawn
- 9. Culture Fit Hire clones of existing team members Image Credit: Jeremy Keith@geekygirldawn
- 10. Random Use random, irrelevant questions for interviews @geekygirldawn ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ??
- 11. Interview Gimmicks Whiteboard coding, riddles, and puzzles Image by Annoying Noises on Flickr@geekygirldawn
- 12. Test Scores Rely on test scores over experience Image Credit: Alberto G.@geekygirldawn
- 13. Don’t Communicate Black holes are for space, not communication Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech@geekygirldawn
- 14. Avoid Networking Don’t meet awesome people doing interesting work Image Credit: The Linux Foundation@geekygirldawn
- 15. What does it mean?!? Translate from hiring manager speak into English Image Credit@geekygirldawn
- 16. Translation 20 Years of Kubernetes experience required Image Credit: Aaron Crickenberger@geekygirldawn
- 17. Translation “Opportunity” for an unpaid internship at a tech company @geekygirldawn
- 18. Translation List of 50 requirements in a job posting Image by cocoparisienne from Pixabay@geekygirldawn
- 19. Translation Free dinner and laundry services Image Credit: Matthew Ingram@geekygirldawn
- 20. ThankYou! Dawn M. Foster, Pivotal dawn@fastwonder.com fastwonderblog.com Image Credit@geekygirldawn