Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
While I see the value and need, I'm afraid a candidate that applied to for the job would be put off by having a 3rd party interview them (especially if it's their first call). It's not the most welcoming interaction and might make them question leadership's ability.
Thoughts, @akshayibanez / @aatifh?
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Atif Haider
@aatifh · Founder, Aircto
Hi @rrhoover, you have got a valid point. :-)
We have seen apprehensions in the beginning related to this from some companies. So, we decided to leave that decision to the companies whether they want to disclose to the candidate that there is a 3rd party who would do the interview or it's just an extension of their team. In most of the cases, Aircto represents the company.
Hence the candidate’s interaction with the company is not affected.
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Kunal Bhatia
@kunalslab · Co-founder & Design Lead @SlidesUp
@aatifh @rrhoover until the candidate asks questions like, "what's it like to work at XYZ?". This is an interesting challenge to overcome. Curious to see how candidates take both scenarios.
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Atif Haider
@aatifh · Founder, Aircto
@kunalslab True. Usually (if these questions comes up), we tell the candidates that we will arrange a follow-up call with the HR to answer these queries. Also, we have a very sorted interview guidelines for the experts to follow. So, our experts keep the conversation completely as a technical interview.
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Arun Agrahri
@arunagrahri · Founder & CEO - meetnucleus.com
@rrhoover @akshayibanez @aatifh I could see the potential for a non-technical team needing help in vetting tech talent. If you have a tech team and you're outsourcing the vetting process, it's a red flag for the candidate.
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Sourav Ray
@souravray · Available for contract hiring
@rrhoover It might be fine for candidate screening process in entry level openings.
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Dan Ruswick ☕️
@danruswick · Full Stack developer ❤️ Python and Rails
@rrhoover agreed. I also think outsourcing interviewing isn't a smart move for startups. It might be ok for a large company like Google (who is big enough to the point where they don't care about fit and can essentially issue a standardized test) but for a startup personality and soft factors like taste/creativity are way more important, which could be lost with outsourced interviewing.
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Akshay Karwal
@akshayibanez · Marketing Head, Aircto
@danruswick It is true that personality and creativity are very important for a startup, hence startups can take a final small interview with them to test these factors. This way they don't have to spend hours on the screening process and vetting the technical skills of the candidate.
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Tony Amoyal
@tonyamoyal · Founder, Sidewalk (getsidewalk.com)
@rrhoover It would have the opposite affect on me because of the humility it shows and the willingness to be resourceful and serious about the decision.
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