> Also, an HNer shouldn't phrase a headline as a question, since it's a local meme that the answer is "no".

Is that the case here?

> First, lead your post with the problem

This is a great suggestion, but writing, like good engineering is context sensitive - a "good pattern" can have an exception.

For this post, I wanted to empathize with candidates most of who are having a terrible time right now and some being outright exploited. Which is why it begins the way it does.

> Also, elaborate on why this following one is a problem [edit: clarified which quote I was talking about], and how much you're speculating

This post is in part, to check my hypothesis that atleast one company is using the weak market to expose their staff to the process of interviewing experienced candidates - something that would be hard to do in a "hot" market where experienced candidates are hard to come by to interview.