Ammon Bartram

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 17, 2017 by Ammon Bartram · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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May 17, 2017 negative
Opinion
Bartram: 80% of Published Interview Advice Fails Under Empirical Testing
“I truly believe that, like, 80% of what's written out about interviewing just doesn't actually hold up.”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 36:17 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 negative
Insight
Bartram: Interview panels should never exceed two interviewers per candidate
“Like an interview panel definitely increases the stress. So we max out at two to one. So it's, training is important, right? So if you're trying to keep it consistent, you need to have Continue across, like, across, and people need to watch each other's interv…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 40:47 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bartram: Very few companies evaluate candidates on flashy new tech
“Very few companies, especially only, generally only smaller ones, are like directly evaluating flashy new tech.”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 34:35 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 positive
Insight
Bartram: Switch from evaluation to teaching mode when candidates fail interviews
“And a trick that, that we use that I think helps in that case is to sort of, in the case where a candidate is totally failing the interview, like, flipping a switch in your brain and going from, like, evaluation mode into teaching mode. You know, you're like, …”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 40:08 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 positive
Insight
Bartram: Easy interview questions predict engineering success better than hard questions
“Asking pretty easy interview questions is often more generally predictive than asking harder interview questions.”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 15:34 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 negative
Insight
Bartram: Cutting bad interviews short damages company reputation
“I'm generally Against cutting interviews short, actually, I think it's, I think, except in the case where the interview where the candidate is in pain, I think it's not worth doing. I think you save some time, but you damage your reputation, you know, they rea…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 39:31 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
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