Tech Hiring Practices

Discussions revolve around hiring standards, processes, and critiques of companies' hiring decisions, often in the context of Hacker News 'Who's Hiring' threads, including sarcasm about lax standards and recruiter experiences.

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Sample Comments

anovikov Aug 7, 2025 View on HN

It's time to be on the hiring side!

solardev Sep 2, 2025 View on HN

Who's hiring even those people?

betwixthewires Oct 8, 2022 View on HN

Go apply I'm sure they're hiring seeing as they'll hire anyone.

jonhendry18 Jun 26, 2018 View on HN

That's arguably a kind of hiring.

petesergeant Dec 28, 2024 View on HN

That something is hiring a recruitment consultant.

jonahx Mar 8, 2014 View on HN

That seems more like a hiring problem.

moneywoes Oct 7, 2023 View on HN

haven’t they been hiring strangely?

qwe----3 Jan 15, 2025 View on HN

There are people ready to be hired that aren't checked out

floydian10 Jan 13, 2023 View on HN

Maybe hitting some hiring target?

l1feh4ck Oct 21, 2016 View on HN

Hire some one who can hire people better.