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I am eagerly awaiting a YC startup that automates the coding interview from the candidate's side.

Melatonic 5y ago
Not a bad idea - you could get "vetted" by the company doing the interview and then companies that want to hire you could just search by type. So kind of LinkedIn badges but with actual meaning :-D
- jahewson 5y ago
  That’s how Triplebyte use to operate. It didn’t work out.
  - treis 5y ago
    I think it did work out for them. Just not to the extent to justify the $100 million of VC money they took.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    Do you know why it didn't work out? I'm curious.
rhizome 5y ago
I believe this already exists. However, my impression is that while they may ask for your github, no potential employer ever actually checks it.
- postalrat 5y ago
  Next level: a tool that rates quality and innovation in your github.
  - garyjlin 5y ago
    I've thought about this as well, the biggest problem here is that I have Github repos from 7 years ago with very, very, poor code quality, and also just a bunch of incomplete test repos. I wouldn't want that to lower the perception of my current skillset. If I could select which repos to include, that could be very interesting. Also interesting additions: open source contribution analyzer, Stack Overflow Q&A quality analyzer.
    - datavirtue 5y ago
      Next level: maintaining two separate github repos. One for the dystopian automated interviews and one for you.
  - ipaddr 5y ago
    Count the number of stars?
    - postalrat 5y ago
      Someone could get a ton of stars through bots or someone could have an incredible project with a dozen stars. Stars should be counted but can't be the only measure.
Grustaf 5y ago
That's what I thought this was, until I saw the "YC W22" mark.
garyjlin 5y ago
We have something for this in our roadmap. Currently: candidate does a Litebulb interview, gets a report, that report can be shared with whoever they like, hopefully speeding up interviews at other companies. Next up: candidate does a Litebulb interview, gets a list of actively hiring companies that use that stack and would like the candidate to be inserted mid-way into the interviewing funnel.
- datavirtue 5y ago
  Empowering workers is not a selling point for the companies that want to use a service like this.
  - marcosdumay 5y ago
    Why not? Hiring is a two-way contract, if they benefit workers, they will have more and more competent ones to fill their positions with. And if they mage to get a way to find underrated workers, they will make both sides extremely happy.

Not a bad idea - you could get "vetted" by the company doing the interview and then companies that want to hire you could just search by type. So kind of LinkedIn badges but with actual meaning :-D

jahewson 5y ago
That’s how Triplebyte use to operate. It didn’t work out.
- treis 5y ago
  I think it did work out for them. Just not to the extent to justify the $100 million of VC money they took.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  Do you know why it didn't work out? I'm curious.

rhizome 5y ago

I believe this already exists. However, my impression is that while they may ask for your github, no potential employer ever actually checks it.

postalrat 5y ago
Next level: a tool that rates quality and innovation in your github.
- garyjlin 5y ago
  I've thought about this as well, the biggest problem here is that I have Github repos from 7 years ago with very, very, poor code quality, and also just a bunch of incomplete test repos. I wouldn't want that to lower the perception of my current skillset. If I could select which repos to include, that could be very interesting. Also interesting additions: open source contribution analyzer, Stack Overflow Q&A quality analyzer.
  - datavirtue 5y ago
    Next level: maintaining two separate github repos. One for the dystopian automated interviews and one for you.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  Count the number of stars?
  - postalrat 5y ago
    Someone could get a ton of stars through bots or someone could have an incredible project with a dozen stars. Stars should be counted but can't be the only measure.

Grustaf 5y ago

That's what I thought this was, until I saw the "YC W22" mark.

garyjlin 5y ago

We have something for this in our roadmap. Currently: candidate does a Litebulb interview, gets a report, that report can be shared with whoever they like, hopefully speeding up interviews at other companies. Next up: candidate does a Litebulb interview, gets a list of actively hiring companies that use that stack and would like the candidate to be inserted mid-way into the interviewing funnel.

datavirtue 5y ago
Empowering workers is not a selling point for the companies that want to use a service like this.
- marcosdumay 5y ago
  Why not? Hiring is a two-way contract, if they benefit workers, they will have more and more competent ones to fill their positions with. And if they mage to get a way to find underrated workers, they will make both sides extremely happy.