> So why does it matter whether the first round of interviews is done by this company or the actual company doing the hiring?
I think the idea is that if you do the first round with Triplebyte instead of with Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, or Stripe you are effectively doing the first round with Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, AND Stripe.
>"... you are effectively doing the first round with Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, AND Stripe."
Except that I am not. By doing the first rounds with Tripplebyte I have squandered an opportunity to learn about and form an opinion about the people and team I might be working with in the future. The more answers I can get to my questions the better informed I am.
I guess I don't understand this whole "we will fast track you" as a value proposition. The only efficiency gain("fast tracking") is gotten by the company looking to hire. I myself am still subject to the same length of the interview sequence. Only one is with Tripplebyte and one is with the company doing the hiring instead of two or more with the company doing the hiring. And in the process I have given up the opportunity to have more exposure to meet and talk to the actual team I would be working with.
Should I be so grateful for an opportunity to work for "Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, AND Stripe"(Tripplebyte seems to beat this drum loudly) that it doesn't matter whether I think it would be a fit for me on a personal, cultural and professional level?
Assuming you don’t pass 100% of on site interviews or you don’t take the first offer immediately, triplebyte will save you some amount of time. Beyond the force multiplier for pre-onsite interviews, they also can predict which companies you will have a higher success rate with for your on site. It’s not a guaranteed slam dunk for every single person (and you still have to pass their process) but I think the value proposition is pretty obvious to most people.
>"Assuming you don’t pass 100% of on site interviews or you don’t take the first offer immediately, triplebyte will save you some amount of time."
How exactly do they save me time? Can you elaborate?
>"Beyond the force multiplier for pre-onsite interviews, they also can predict which companies you will have a higher success rate with for your on site."
What is the "force multiplier" here?
Again this is a job where you will spend many hours of your life, should the only concern be the one whose interview I will have the highest success rate with?
>"... but I think the value proposition is pretty obvious to most people."
Again what is that? It's not obvious to me. I am asking sincerely.
Let me try to answer: Say you plan to interview at Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, and Stripe. Lets say each company requires 2 rounds of interviews. Without these guys, you're doing two rounds at each company = 8 interviews. With these guys, you do one round with them, and one round with each of the companies = 5 interviews. If that's how Triplebyte works, it would be a huge time saver.
Does every engineer unquestionably want to work for any and all 4 of those companies? Aren't these very different companies? Is there any significant commonality here other than Tripplebyte has some connection at all of these?
Pick N other companies, then. As long as TripleByte has this kind of relationship with at least 2 of them, it's a time saver. I could easily see myself interviewing for 20 companies in a single job search. Needing only one "pre-screen" for all of them would be nothing short of miraculous.
Let's say you avoided interviewing with 4 future team mates from company Company A by using Tripplebyte.
And come to find out most of those 4 people you didn't have a chance to interact with during the interview process are completely toxic and unprofessional. You only find this out after you have accepted the job.
If you find yourself looking for a new job again in month then Tripplebyte hasn't really saved you any time have they? I am not sure where this idea comes form that just because the company is "Apple, Facebook, Dropbox and Stripe" does not automatically mean that everyone on every team is a great personally or one you would want to work with.
When I interview with a company and I don't think I am alone in this I am also interviewing the company. I am thinking "are these people I could work with?" The novelty of working on Big S.V. Company eventually wears off and if it's a bad fit for you on personality or culture then you are either going to be unhappy, looking for a new job or both. I and I imagine many others are OK with a slower process if it means being able to make a better informed decision.
I think the idea is that if you do the first round with Triplebyte instead of with Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, or Stripe you are effectively doing the first round with Apple, Facebook, Dropbox, AND Stripe.