> we don't fuck around with that. We fly people in, get them to meet people, and show them how we work because we care about this process.

It sounds like you aren't neglecting it.

It just sounded like the author was really surprised that you weren't neglecting him.

Perhaps I've just had good interview experiences, but I've rarely felt like the company I was interviewing at didn't devote resources and energy to hiring. I was more surprised about the little ways they failed than the big ways they succeeded.

Has your experience been different?

> If you want the straight dope

Yes, I want it, and I think most readers want it too.

> We have a pretty wildly different culture than most companies

I think you have a pre-convinced audience here, but maybe you might agree that the OP was not the best proof of this very different culture, and was on the side of diluted and PR-tampered dope full of "nice", "mostly", and other marks.

Note that I would not even notice this PR speak if it was not Github. High expectations.

Have people who you've hired ever complained about "the hiring experience?" It seems to imply extraneous features of a nuts and bolts interview process. Are companies who try to improve the hiring experience actually trying to use this as a positive feature of the company, as a means of differentiation? "This company just asked me questions, but another one gave me cupcakes, too."