remoteinterview.io
Web and SaaS
recruiting interview tool
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
3 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 14 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 0 for, 9 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Tool addresses a real hiring pain point
From 2 comments
Looks promising! Surely gonna lessen the hassle of conducting a remote coding interview.
aneelkkhatri on HNI would argue that electricians are far more commodified and that the trend this is a part of is the opposite of commodification. An electrician is usually licensed, which means…
netcan on HN
Group comment and rating feature is useful
From 1 comment
I'm guessing it will take a bit of work to support multiple languages/frameworks/platforms. A simpler solution may be to allow an interviewer to spin up a machine with the…
quarterwave on HN
Objections
Speed-based rating encourages shallow evaluation of candidates
From 3 comments
I've written code in a few job interviews (and been in the opposite position, asking someone to write code in an interview). In all cases they were more interested (rightly so)…
afandian on HNI once worked with some very, very successful direct marketing people, and along the way gathered some stellar advice on common advertising tropes. One of these is, "don't talk…
bradleyland on HNAnd so the commodityfication of "the coder" begins. Imagine if you wanted to hire an electrician, but before you let them into your house, you ask to follow around to see them…
antocv on HN
Does not solve the hard part of evaluating candidates
From 1 comment
A few similar tools have popped up recently. Like this one, they look pretty good, and like improvements over skype et. al. However, they seem to solve the easy part of the…
rguzman on HN
Pulling candidates out of their own environment is unfair
From 1 comment
My biggest problem with coding interviews is not the actual communication tool (Skype/etc) but rather that the developer is pulled completely out of their environment. Take away…
benjamincharity on HN
Landing page issues: header scaling and generic 404
From 2 comments
CSS nitpick: check it out on a large/wide screen, the header is messed up due to (I assume) percentage-based font-sizing + the fact that the logo is not scaling accordingly.
Seldaek on HNLooks promising until I say this 404: http://remoteinterview.io/notBrandedandUgly Brand your 404, it's part of your site and this generic hosting 404 template with references to…
rootuid on HN
Requests
Support screen sharing of candidate's IDE
From 1 comment
I am a developer myself. I agree that most of the interviews are biased (forcing us to use whiteboard, paper). We had a little feature idea to include a screensharing mechanism…
asadlionpk on HN
Support more languages and environments
From 2 comments
What languages does it support?
dkersten on HNI'm guessing it will take a bit of work to support multiple languages/frameworks/platforms. A simpler solution may be to allow an interviewer to spin up a machine with the…
quarterwave on HN
Use Skype API instead of custom voice chat
From 1 comment
I'm guessing it will take a bit of work to support multiple languages/frameworks/platforms. A simpler solution may be to allow an interviewer to spin up a machine with the…
quarterwave on HN
Questions
What languages are supported
From 1 comment
What languages does it support?
dkersten on HN
Is it using WebRTC or a proprietary plugin
From 1 comment
Is it using WebRTC or some proprietary plugin?
higherpurpose on HN
How is it more efficient than screen sharing
From 1 comment
Looks nice, but how is it efficient than screen sharing and watching him code?
xerophtye on HN
Alternatives named
Codility
From 1 comment
https://codility.com/ ?
vtvs on HN
HackerRank CodePair
From 1 comment
something similar https://www.hackerrank.com/x/codepair
ndgandhi on HN
Sococo
From 1 comment
Try Sococo for this - share docs, desktop, apps, webpages, or all at once. Use the web app or download the full-featured one. Sign up or participate as a guest. My point is,…
JoeAltmaier on HN
Google Hangouts and Docs
From 1 comment
Sococo is nice :) People use Hangouts + Docs usually for this type of work. Hence, our interests in making this tool.
asadlionpk on HN
Interview Street
From 1 comment
codility,interviewstreet etc are mainly used to filter out the noise. The usual action after shortlisting from codility is to have a real-time/one-to-one conversation and to…
asadlionpk on HN