> How does one filter for candidates who are very smart and willing to work very hard without having a trusted person already at the company to vouch for them?
Experience? ;-)
"As the hiring manager, I turned him down because of the lack of programming experience."
This candidate was already filtered out, but the CTO put him back in.
Let me put it this way: if companies can't figure out who to hire, then the fairest selection method wouldn't be nepotism, it would be random. Give everyone an equal chance to prove themselves.
>if companies can't figure out who to hire, then the fairest selection method wouldn't be nepotism, it would be random
Companies don't optimize for fairness, they try to maximize quality on their end. And many, including myself, would argue that nepotism as flawed as it is, is still superior to random selection.
Experience? ;-)
"As the hiring manager, I turned him down because of the lack of programming experience."
This candidate was already filtered out, but the CTO put him back in.
Let me put it this way: if companies can't figure out who to hire, then the fairest selection method wouldn't be nepotism, it would be random. Give everyone an equal chance to prove themselves.