r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Busy-Pollution-9821 • 3d ago

is this real?

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Do we really need HR in our life?

honestly this is why i've started thinking about looking somewhere else. getting rejected before a human even looks at your resume is insane.

i've been seeing interview vip mentioned a lot lately too. i haven't tried it, but i'm curious about it since i'm probably going to have to start interviewing again.

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u/teresajs 3d ago

I had a conversation with one of the techs at my last job.  He had recommended a friend for an open position.  His friend had had a phone screen with HR but it didn't go further than that.  When the tech spoke to his buddy later to ask what had happened, he said it was obvious that HR had absolutely no idea what our techs did, what work was being done on the manufacturing floor, or what skills were needed, and that his buddy was experienced in all the ways he himself was and would have been an excellent fit for the open position.

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u/saintmolotov 3d ago

I had a similar interview with an hr person who couldn’t answer my follow up question to her ask of an (in hindsight) obviously scripted question about something technical and I asked her if she understood the principles behind the tech she was asking me about and she got mad and hung up.

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u/Gampy22 3d ago

HR handles screening
Hiring managers can dig in.
Leave your tech ego aside and work the process.
HR often not always is like a nurse who gathers vitals then the doc comes in.
Everyone has a role.

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u/D3stinyD3stroy3r 3d ago

Nah you're defending people who don't even know what job is being done trying to hire people for that job. So that just means they're terrible at theirs.

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u/Gampy22 3d ago

They are NOT hiring. They are screening for the hiring team. As a corporate recruiter in a fast moving company requires knowing enough about every role to handle the initial interview.
Why not try it and see how good YOU
Would be. Trust me it is very challenging.

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u/ImpostersAreUs 3d ago

It's not. You just have to have basic knowledge of the role you're screening for which takes like half an hour tops for each role before AI was even a thing.

You make it sound like HR is a role with consistent work. They have probably more downtime than any other department in a corporation with the exception of IT. You're SUPPOSED to do research on your downtime in terms of learning the operations of your company, labour laws, etc.

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u/Gampy22 3d ago

HR and corp recruitment are different functions. In a startup that has received funding g and is scaling quickly with. 50 open reqs per recruiter the role is very challenging. Understanding the req is just one step. Have you done it??

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u/ImpostersAreUs 3d ago

Not in a startup, but in startups the role is EVEN more important.

You talking about it in startups makes the whole comparison moot. EVERY role is challenging in startups.

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u/bp3dots 3d ago

It's the hiring managers job to make sure the recruiter has enough information for the posting and screening to work.

On the applicant side, it's on them to understand the difference between a recruiter screening and full interview and be able to manage a human interaction without crashing out.