New ask Hacker News story: Do you conduct backchannels on candidates you're moving to offer?
Do you conduct backchannels on candidates you're moving to offer?
4 by sperlman915 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I’m defining backchannel here as reaching out (without telling the candidate) to someone who’s worked with the candidate and asking them for their thoughts. I was curious to get input here on, first and foremost, if you typically do backchannels on candidates in addition to checking the references they provide. And, if so, what, if any, parameters do you put in place? For instance, will you only backchannel if you know the backchannel well? Would you backchannel even if all the feedback was glowing, or only if there were any outstanding questions? Would you only backchannel for certain levels and above? If you didn’t know anyone in common, would you ever do a cold reach out to someone you didn’t know to get a backchannel? If it got back to you, as a candidate, how would you feel to know your potential employer backchanneled you? Would it be off putting? Or something you’d expect? Curious to hear your thoughts! Thanks!
4 by sperlman915 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I’m defining backchannel here as reaching out (without telling the candidate) to someone who’s worked with the candidate and asking them for their thoughts. I was curious to get input here on, first and foremost, if you typically do backchannels on candidates in addition to checking the references they provide. And, if so, what, if any, parameters do you put in place? For instance, will you only backchannel if you know the backchannel well? Would you backchannel even if all the feedback was glowing, or only if there were any outstanding questions? Would you only backchannel for certain levels and above? If you didn’t know anyone in common, would you ever do a cold reach out to someone you didn’t know to get a backchannel? If it got back to you, as a candidate, how would you feel to know your potential employer backchanneled you? Would it be off putting? Or something you’d expect? Curious to hear your thoughts! Thanks!
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