Going through stacks of resumes can be a mind-numbing experience. Except for a few standouts and obvious “no’s” the vast majority seem to blend into one gigantic question mark. What to do?
When Pedro Pinto and I started Lytmus two years ago, most of the world’s knowledge was already available for free to anyone with a cell phone. But we realized that with all of the wonderful ways for people to learn the practical things that would make them better at their jobs, there was still…
Real-World Testing Improves the Technical Hiring Funnel
You might be familiar with the technical hiring funnel that most companies use for interviewing their technical talent. Generally speaking, there are four stages:
Hi there, my name is Alex, and I’m a software engineer at Lytmus. I was actually hired by Lytmus themselves through the Lytmus Platform! Let me tell you more about the experience.
Always Be Evolving At Lytmus, we’re always absorbing user feedback. As a result, we uncover a ton of useful ideas that will help our users in meaningful ways.
It’s no secret that resumes are rife with problems. Candidates hate updating them, recruiters and hiring managers aren’t thrilled about reading them, and in the end, just about everyone understands that resumes now are written to get a candidates foot through…
How many times have you been stuck with a stack of resumes, but not a single candidate meets your bar for an interview? Do you end up rejecting all these candidates, even though there might be a chance that a good one is hiding somewhere in that pile?
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