ITriedThis

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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   Thank you for the nice response. I may have used too harsh a tone in my earlier message, so I apologize if you felt attacked. If you are tracking HN referrals with a special URL, you wouldn't have known I came from HN. I found your si
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   Several months ago I tried their hiring process for a position not listed here. Hopefully this can help guide anyone interested in applying. You can have an idea of what to expect. Basic timeline: Day 0 - Saw advertisement on Who is H
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   This one has left me with a particularly bad impression since they specifically say they take referrals from HN very seriously. I don't recall being asked if I found out about them from Hacker News (I did), but they did ask me to provi
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   Follow-up from last month's comment [0]: A few days after that post, I got an email from a human who had actually read and reviewed my application materials. Very refreshing response and left a great impression. Did not progress furth
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   This one seemed interesting so I gave it a bit of effort. The ad is well written and pulls the right levers. Well done on that front. I'm a bit disappointed in the challenges page. The copy on the site tries to emphasize how difficult
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   Filled out one of the applications a while ago to see what would happen. Got back an email confirming my submission. No further contact (yet). Was hoping to at least get something from a human.
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   For me, the paid work day was 8 hours in a Slack chat asking a lot of questions of 1-2 employees. My task was to get familiar with their existing systems by querying these employees. I was asked to prepare a report about what I found. The
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   by ITriedThis 10y ago

   Anonymous review: I tried this process because it sounded pretty fun and unique. One warning I have for anyone interested is that there are some big waiting times involved. I'll share my timeline. Some of the lags were on my end, but