New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to interview a candidate from a direct competitor
Ask HN: How to interview a candidate from a direct competitor
2 by thiscatis | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm looking at some advice from people here on HN regarding a situation I'm currently facing. We're looking to fill in a certain position which comes with a strong requirement of inside industry knowledge from the medical sector. One of the head-hunted candidates is from a direct competitor and it's clear there is a lot of overlap between where our two companies are heading to (same regulation issues, etc...) and how we're solving these problems. Would it be weird to have a candidate sign an NDA (personally I think this would have 0 benefits in the end and just alienate a potential candidate). At the same time we're not extremely comfortable discussing real-world scenarios and issues we're facing as we would normally do during a job interview nor doing a deep dive in our hardware setup and configuration. Any pointers how we can best assess the candidate without it being a risk?
2 by thiscatis | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm looking at some advice from people here on HN regarding a situation I'm currently facing. We're looking to fill in a certain position which comes with a strong requirement of inside industry knowledge from the medical sector. One of the head-hunted candidates is from a direct competitor and it's clear there is a lot of overlap between where our two companies are heading to (same regulation issues, etc...) and how we're solving these problems. Would it be weird to have a candidate sign an NDA (personally I think this would have 0 benefits in the end and just alienate a potential candidate). At the same time we're not extremely comfortable discussing real-world scenarios and issues we're facing as we would normally do during a job interview nor doing a deep dive in our hardware setup and configuration. Any pointers how we can best assess the candidate without it being a risk?
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