Ask HN: Startups Interviewing Like FAANG
I plan to just tell them if they want to recruit me, I would like to talk to the CEO first and see if it is worthwhile.
It used to be the CEO would seek out top talent. Increasingly I feel like CEOs are leaving hiring to the lower ranks who basically do a random job and hire people who don’t scare them.
It is a recipe to 100% ensure you get the worst talent.
Is this normal? My understanding from all the literature is recruiting is CEO’s #1 priority.
My experience is most teams throw out a random dragnet and hope someone good wanders in, and then gets past the low level intermediaries who are 100% chance to not be able to discern who the best talent is.
I am no longer interested in these interview loops. I am pretty sure I’m in the top of the talent pool.
Is there a polite way to say: “I am transformational to your company; I’d like to see that you understand what I can do.”
Startups hiring like FAANG is a red flag - It means they are adopting an approach to hire the middle tier.