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Help - I have to interview someone from Palantir next week (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I won't be the only one on the call so I can't just give him an impossible interview. we're planning the interview together today. how do I make sure we can't hire him?

luckily his background doesn't line up with what our team does, at least from his resume -- god it's the worst to read from the formatting alone. so maybe I can just lean into that? my team is part of a software infrastructure group and we're tasked with making the rest of the org stop sucking ass at software development -- secrets don't go in git repos type of stuff. so people skills and writing little bits of code that ensure the culture changes over time. his background is in operations and maybe a little software dev.

I need suggestions for questions that will make him a no go. I can't take someone who worked for Palantir, for nearly a decade no less, seriously.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'll give it a shot. I might not know how to find this kind of info cause I usually don't get much beyond socials. do you just trawl their socials looking for dirt?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've been lucky in my life that I've never needed to do something like this. If you're willing to buy their credit report (whatever those cost) - that would be the easiest starting point. Other than that I think starting from zero with a google search like how to get personal dirt would be the way to go.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's nice when technology can be used for good instead of evil for once.