Pass the Rap Genius Tech Interview, Get $1,000 Cash
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I wish companies would stop saying this shit. The honest translation is usually "We have no idea what it would mean to run a remote team and there's so much on our plates right now that we're not putting any energy into considering it"
Which is fine! I'd much rather people say that than this "It's impossible to be as awesome as we are without sitting next to each-other" bullshit. It has the downside of sending the message to others that you might know what you're talking about, via actual experience.
I feel like I'm the only one who would absolutely LOVE to work at Rapgenius, and I think this $1000 incentive is really frigging awesome.
Good luck to whoever gets in.
Hiring is extremely competitive and if they dont maintain hype(if thats your preferred term) levels they will be overtaken by hundreds of other startups and consequently RapGenius may lose valuable talent.
So the company should lose their competitive advantage in a important business process to accomodate your arbitrary raging? Not going to happen unless everyone does so.
Want to change something for the better? Change incentives and punishments for players and steer them in the right direction. Using "shit" as an argument makes HN quality of discussions worse.
Reminds me of this other company that called me up out of the blue and said "We're only looking for Rockstars. Are you a Rockstar?" That also made me want to join that company in a heart beat. So many choices...
I think it's a good idea. I wouldn't have considered applying, because I'm not looking for work. But if they were local, I'd apply just for the $1000, and then they'd have a chance to sell me.
All snark aside -- If I were a NYC Ruby guy, my main reservation is that it feels like a road to nowhere. If you want me to join a cult, give me something more than "trust us because A15Z gave us $15M".
No chance. There is absolutly nothing one can do with a lot of retargetable traffic. /s
This whole post, the whole idea, just oozes arrogance and immaturity. I have no interest in working for a company that is so proud of how impossible it is to get through their interview process. I respect companies that make the effort to try to understand the individual strengths and weaknesses of their prospective hires and work to slowly build up a diverse team of people that are smart and thoughtful. Rap Genius isn't doing anything that requires every single person working there to be "brilliant" and certainly not as measured by some BS interview process.
Well said. "Are you AWESOME enough to annotate text? Only the BEST OF THE BEST text annotators need apply!"
Is it a frat house?
Most startups are
Doesn't take brilliant to fix that...
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Got it. There's another link in the popup (if it comes up.) Hey RG, why doesn't the popup/content load reliably? One of those hard computing problems?
I actually like the lyrics site, but this is a funny kind of ego stroking.
It'd be like Amazon offering a "Launch a bestselling book, get a $500 gift card" promo.
Hell, a thousand dollars is pretty tiny compared to my total comp, but it's still enough to treat myself to a new suit or watch so I can look extra sharp on my first day!
People who earn SV developer salaries can afford all the latest Apple gear (or as much of it as they want, anyway).
If I had to plan a bogus hiring strategy that a spy would implement on a competitor and f*ck it up, this is what I would have thought!
The body of the post says: "anyone we offer an engineering job gets $1,000 cash".
Just because someone passes your technical interviews doesn't mean you'll extend them a job offer. There's a ton of other factors (cultural fit, attitude, references, experience, etc.).
I sometimes can't tell if they're actually serious about this or they're just some bros pulling a prank on the industry.
Anecdote - my significant other found his current job when he heard a startup was raffling off a netbook at their info session. He had no interest in the company - he just showed up to try and win the netbook (which, as it happens, he did) - next thing he knew, they sold him on their pitch, he became engineer #4, and four years later, he's still there.
HUGE!