Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 11:18 am It seems like interviewing is just as broken and stupid and moronic as it ever was. Why can't AI help with that?

Ha! So fun story here.

Shawn had his final interview with Wegmans today (38 years to the week after his old man... brings a tear to my eye). The guy that he was interviewing with... I think it was the prepared foods area manager... says, "I dont know why I have to ask you this, but here it is", and proceeds to ask him some asinine, ultra-confusing question that neither of them understood. Shawn was like, "I dont even know what that means". The guy said "Me neither. Thats good enough for me."

Unreal.

Wegmans supposedly had 350k applicants for 10k jobs last year. Thats insane. Thank god I was able to make some connections to get him a legit interview!!

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 11:18 amIt seems like jobs are out there, more than a year ago. It seems like interviewing is just as broken and stupid and moronic as it ever was. Why can't AI help with that?

If anything its making it worse, I guess people are getting interviewed by AI now, I would never submit to that. ATS systems have been automatically rejecting people using AI for years apparently. Apparently these days the only way to get a job is by knowing someone.

An online gambling place passed on a colleague of ours who is the best worker I've ever worked with. It was a stupid decision on their part. They are also using Java and Selenium, instead of JavaScript and Playwright, so their stack is stupid. What a stupid place, to pass on a person like that.

Another colleague got feedback that I will try to share at some point. Some of the feedback was really bad - we are using Cypress, not Playwright and we made the decision to bring him in, but let's mention that he hasn't used Cypress three times! Some of it was good, in terms of going more in depth about things. I do think that is a common mistake people make in interviews. Never use the word "we", it's tough because most people are humble, but nobody wants to know what the team did, they want to hear about what you specifically did.

A third colleague is the last guy standing for a 20-person remote company, I guess there was one last round and hopefully he gets it.

It seems like jobs are out there, more than a year ago. It seems like interviewing is just as broken and stupid and moronic as it ever was. Why can't AI help with that?

An account executive who some of us have worked with landed at another spot. Think it was less than a month of being out. I'm very happy for the person.

AArdvark wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:50 pm His next town has a guy in a boat by a river. You have to pay him to cross over. You don't want to show up there.

HAHAHAHA GOT DAMN, SIR.

It took me a few seconds to get that, but I busted out laughing as soon as I did. Not at PB's expense of course.. it's just a solid joke.

Casual Observer wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:30 amAny chance you can teach Da King a thing or two? He has at least a chance at being at least good but Jizz is a lost cause.

WTF?

I thought I was at the bottom of the heap. Now there's someone lower?

I need to work harder.

His next town has a guy in a boat by a river. You have to pay him to cross over. You don't want to show up there.

pinback wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 12:43 pm That reminds me, I'm leaving this BBS for the next year.

Nice try buddy, I'll just show up at the door in whatever dumbfuck town you've ended up in this time.

Back to the thread, I have a report back on a colleague who did a Hacker Rank test. She indicated that half of her time was spent trying to get Maven and the JDK installed.

Great use of the candidate's time. Let's see if they can compile Java from source next. That is definitely what they will be doing every single day on the job. What a mess, how is any software ever made.

That reminds me, I'm leaving this BBS for the next year.

pinback wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:32 am I don't have problems with any of those people.

no, Da King WANTS to be you and Jiz wants to be Kingie's Robin. Please help them before you leave.

Nevermind, Pinback is the only reason I'm gonna check out JC from now on.

I don't have problems with any of those people.

pinback wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:24 am Any chance you can dial this back a little? This bit you're doing?

For YOU I will. Any chance you can teach Da King a thing or two? He has at least a chance at being at least good but Jizz is a lost cause.

Any chance you can dial this back a little? This bit you're doing?

Da King wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 8:17 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 4:19 pm What do you cold call them about?

The virtues of ChatGPT?

Already answered this asshole, read the whole thread you lazy piece of. I call IT guys like your boss and convince them to replace you with a per seat cost. And I'm rather successful at it daily, hopefully driving unemployment among IT guys like you.

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 4:19 pm What do you cold call them about?

The virtues of ChatGPT?

How do you benefit from this? What advantage is this getting you?

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 4:19 pm What do you cold call them about?

About the job they used to have.

Then I apologize, say "best of luck" and move on.

If they're really nice I'll offer to share their resume and even post about them on LinkedIn to help their job search.

Most people aren't really nice so they get no help.

What do you cold call them about?

pinback wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:20 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 8:09 am I don't know how AI works in terms of the text predictors and I should really find a course that explains it.

I know just the guy to ask!

See, THAT! That's the kind of shit that will be missed when this place is a burning hard drive after the JCpocolypse. Da King just doesn't have that . . . thing.

Yeah, I do cold call up to 10 unemployed IT guys every single day, what about it?



Certainly not my problem as I have a job where I just kicked my stooge manager's ass.