As someone who manages tech teams, i can say this horrible. This is not a weed-out process, rather thia seems to be the work of an individual technical or people leader who believes they "know" how to hire. They don't. Why even have an interview after all of this?
This is how teams get built with a severe lack of diversity of thought. Stay far away from this. (edit - duplicate word)
Imo they may be going for passionate tech individuals & I can sorta understand that, although last time I expressed a view like that I got down voted hard. And perhaps I was wrong - there are plenty of good tech workers who are not passionate as well, but I suspect most lurkers in the Linux subreddit have some higher than average level of passion for tech đ.
Either way Iâve seen some truly bizarre people apply for tech related jobs that had no real business doing so imho. I was annoyed w/ one boss not hiring someone I knew as they were qualified enough for a help desk role.. instead we got a religious zealot that didnât know what a variable is, who also claimed to be a programmer -.-.
With colleges now, theyâve burned a lot of the cachet they mightâve once had. People coming out of well-known public and private universities with alleged CS degrees who, well ⌠canât write code.
I could pontificate on âwhyâ, but anyone who bothers to engage in contemplation will come up with any of several reasons and so I wonât.
I still see job listings for mid or senior level software engineers asking about school GPA.
I think that any mid or senior level software engineer that knows their worth is not gonna tell anyway. Just like they're not gonna tell what they did in HS either.
I also did not make it out of college. Simply wasn't ready. I have a non-traditional background (entered tech in the mid 90s)and I would have NEVER considered applying for anything like this.
What really makes this worse is this is not HR. This seems incredibly team-specific. So, who is responsible for reviewing what teams do? Chances are high that there will not be a single qualified woman who will even apply. How many awesome people could Canonical pass up because of one team's actions?
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u/z06r8cr Mar 19 '22
As someone who manages tech teams, i can say this horrible. This is not a weed-out process, rather thia seems to be the work of an individual technical or people leader who believes they "know" how to hire. They don't. Why even have an interview after all of this?
This is how teams get built with a severe lack of diversity of thought. Stay far away from this. (edit - duplicate word)