Discussion Ask HN: Ridiculous job interview. What do I do? Who: Series B startup with ~$100 million in funding, me open-source developerWhat: engineering manager writes me e-mail that goes like: “we found your open-source project and want to offer you a job”In a meeting they explain how they were interested in using my open-source project and want to hire me so i could carry out a similar work for themThen they go on and explain i’d have to do 4 more meetings 1-2 hours each, including a leetcode-style tech interviewIn my head i’m thinking: “If their leetcode-engineers are that good why do they have rely on my open-source?”What would you do in this situation? Would you jump through the hoops in hope of getting relevant work? 30 points busyuser 5 years ago 105 comments
What: engineering manager writes me e-mail that goes like: “we found your open-source project and want to offer you a job”
In a meeting they explain how they were interested in using my open-source project and want to hire me so i could carry out a similar work for them
Then they go on and explain i’d have to do 4 more meetings 1-2 hours each, including a leetcode-style tech interview
In my head i’m thinking: “If their leetcode-engineers are that good why do they have rely on my open-source?”
What would you do in this situation? Would you jump through the hoops in hope of getting relevant work?