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A job board that doesn't allow HackerRank tests

Shown by khet on Jan 1, 2021. Click the card to turn it over.

141points

152comments

#361of 2,533 in 2021

Top 15%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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Relief from nonsensical hiring tests
From 1 comment
- Finally, much needed relief from nonsensical stuff. Thanks for building this.
  pseudonymousgun on HN

Job listings lack detail about the role, pay and remote policy
From 1 comment
- How is this a job board? There is effectively no information about the position you would be applying to. The only offer is asking for “A typescript developer with experience…
  Kwpolska on HN
No TLS; the site is insecure
From 3 comments
- No TLS in 2021. Side note: Why is everyone into job boards in 2020/2021? Was there some event or article to push this as an untapped market? Seems like so many people recently…
  monopoledance on HN
- Damn, and this was going to be my first project of 2021. Kudos on launching, I still think I'm going to keep plugging away on my own version. It is 2021 though, and there really…
  bgdam on HN
- domain is insecure
  asdev on HN
Job board market is crowded
From 1 comment
- No TLS in 2021. Side note: Why is everyone into job boards in 2020/2021? Was there some event or article to push this as an untapped market? Seems like so many people recently…
  monopoledance on HN

Add detail about each job listing
From 1 comment
- How is this a job board? There is effectively no information about the position you would be applying to. The only offer is asking for “A typescript developer with experience…
  Kwpolska on HN

What is the better way to test candidates?
From 1 comment
- > There are better ways to test candidates. Genuine question here: what's the better way? I'm not a fan of whiteboard coding challenges, even though they got me my first "real"…
  AlchemistCamp on HN

Hiring without whiteboards list on GitHub
From 1 comment
- Similar collection of jobs: https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards
  pk78 on HN