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Hackathons Aren't Good for Hiring

Hackathons Aren't Good for Hiring

Before jumping on to this "new-age" recruiting tool, improve it

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Andy Chan
Mar 18, 2020
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Two years ago, one of the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, attempted a hackathon instead of the conventional group interview to recruit new hires. It was meant to discover a candidate’s “authentic self” in the workplace through a two-hour hackathon, where common scenarios at Deloitte are imitated to see if candidates could deploy multi-angle and flex…

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