Comment by Endy
6 years ago
Most new hires are probably not being interviewed by devs, but either by 3rd-party recruiters or internal recruiters with HR. When I was working in recruiting, the last thing either we or the client wanted was for the new hire to talk to either the person who they were replacing or any of the potential coworkers. Heck, one internal recruiter I had to interface with at a company I choose not to disclose said to me, "can we ask if they read Hacker News? There's some bad vibes about us there."
Which is when I got back on HN regularly :-)
(PS I did tell the internal person that there was no way that reading HN was related either to a BFOQ or other job requirement; and thus while it's not illegal, it'd be highly suspicious.)
> When I was working in recruiting, the last thing either we or the client wanted was for the new hire to talk to either the person who they were replacing or any of the potential coworkers.
What the fuck? Am I a spoiled tech-bro, or does that sound completely insane to anyone else? I would 100% not take a job if I didn't get a chance to talk to my coworkers and future manager during the interview process.
Perhaps you are spoiled (as am I in that regard) but i would absolutely never take a job unless I knew who I was going to be working with and had a chance to ask them honest questions.
Seems like a trap set up for fresh out of college hires. I don’t know any senior developers who would even consider a job under those circumstances.