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Unfortunately this only works for interns and new grads. Nobody experienced want to take a job on an experimental basis.



Fortunately people with experience have resumes and are easier to tell if they're bsing their resume.

Fuck man, people do this with engineers who work on classified projects. You all are over thinking it. You're trying to hyper optimize for a function that is incredibly noisy and does not have optimal solutions.


And how would it scale to a number of candidates greater than one? A classroom full of competing peers? That's what talent shows are for.


Aren't probationary periods pretty standard, in many/all industries and countries too not just software?


Yes and such a system makes hiring so much easier because mistakes cost much less. But the US ties things like healthcare to employment so a company that has a reputation for firing people after hiring them (however legitimate) would probably be one people would avoid. In Sweden, for example, I’ve found interviews so much more reasonable. Then again, I had healthcare there regardless of employment.


Oh, I see. I'm in the UK, so more like Sweden; no experience of having healthcare tied to employment (other than optional private healthcare as a perk).




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