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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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What an utter dick.

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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (5 children)

When I did hiring our HR had some system that did this. It fucking sucked. It passed through so many shit candidates. I eventually ended up just going straight to the discard pile when I had to review applications.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I just don't get all this shit. I'm a programmer and for years at my last job I did most of the interviewing for candidates and had the final say-so for whether or not we hired somebody. I could tell in a 15 minute phone call whether somebody knew what they were doing or not and could make a positive contribution to the project.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I found resumes to be a pretty poor indicator other than kind of "subconscious" things I started picking up on after a while. I doubt any AI or program could manage that though. I can't even quantity it myself. Talking to someone is infinitely better and I'd always try to get in as many interviews as I could.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    My favorite thing about phone interviews was when I'd ask a question and the person would pause and I'd hear keyboard noises and whispering in the background. I was like c'mon dude, even if you get a job this way what the fuck are you going to do your first day at work if you don't know how to do anything yourself?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah I think some people think laid off and fired are synonyms. I was just low seniority in my union

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Massive software layoffs have been common for as long as I can remember. I think it's not that big of an issue to explain why you are looking for a job in that field. Oh your last job was xxx ahh they laid off x number of employees.

    It's not a secret that most of the people laid in these things are just people on the wrong teams and nothing to do with their capabilities

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