Why “interviews” is being discussed
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It makes perfect sense. I interview unemployed CS people all the time. Some excel at interviews and some don't. I was unemployed for many months myself. As an interviewer I don'…
by linkregister · Oct 8, 2026
Paying more guarantees getting more high quality applicants. It also means more applicants who aren’t high quality. That’s why you do interviews instead of choosing randomly. If…
by wat10000 · Oct 8, 2026
There's never a labor shortage, only a compensation shortage. If you're doing 10+ interviews a week, likely you work in Big Tech. And that means several things have happened bef…
by jmyeet · Oct 8, 2026
As someone who interviews 10+ candidates per week for high-paying software engineering jobs, the US pool is not big enough to find qualified people. It feels like H1B shouldn't…
by linkregister · Oct 8, 2026
I love special features! The interviews with the crew as well as how scenes came together is something I seek out.
by LostMyLogin · Oct 8, 2026
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An interview is a form of journalism that is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to a one-on-one between an interviewer and an interviewee. The interviewer asks questions to which the interviewee responds, usually providing information. That information may be used or provided to other audiences immediately or later. This feature is common to many types of interviews – a job interview or an interview with a witness to an event may have no other audience present at the time, but the answers will later be provided to others in the employment or investigative process. An interview may also transfer information in both directions. Read more on Wikipedia