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# Tane Piper

@tanepiper · Joined April 2021

Creative Technologist and Developer

## Comments

[I haven't done 60, but even in the small number of sessions I've done, I've experienced a lot of the same recently. I've been on both sides of the hiring table in my 20-year career and these have been some of the worst hiring experiences I've seen. I've not found anything new yet, but from what I've seen: Companies that said no to me: They are looking for something very specific and a 20-year spikey profile doesn't fit with their narrow vision. These ones also had the worst technical tests as part of the 1h session - they were either very low level ("build a system to store strings") or super-high level ("Explain how you'd build a plugin system") and expecting perfect technical expertise. Companies I've said no to: Red flags all over the place - one company put me through a 3.5h interview process (I should have said no, but I was curious - I said no before they made an offer) and did 3 very technical tests during that time. In one interview they said they had no documentation, and one had already gone through a re-org and the hiring person already said others were leaving so this was a role to replace people. And in all cases - clarity of role is missing from a lot of the descriptions. They have generic "Senior Developer" roles that require skill sets that in some orgs require a team of people. When you ask about the role there's no distinction of management vs leadership, one org said it would take months to fully onboard (so what would I be doing in the time up to then?). It's amazing how consistent this is over the industry and I suspect it's in part when you let the development team run the hiring process instead of the HR department.](https://hashnode.com/posts/6-red-flags-i-saw-while-doing-60-technical-interviews-in-30-days/604a4a31d00fe37d7cd08bb8/comment/607d65feeb2bd30d2d229353)

Comment · Article · Apr 19, 2021 · [6 Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60+ Technical Interviews in 30 Days](https://hashnode.com/posts/6-red-flags-i-saw-while-doing-60-technical-interviews-in-30-days/604a4a31d00fe37d7cd08bb8)