As someone interested in applying for Research Engineering roles in the near future, what would be your criterion for determining whether someone self-taught is “worth-interviewing”? (Also a question for others who are familiar with hiring practices at various AI safety organizations).
I don’t know of some easy-to-describe bar, but as one anecdote, this post by Matthew Rahtz was easily enough to clear the “should interview” bar, and went most of the way to the “should hire” bar, when I was looking at applicants for the CHAI internship. It would also have been enough to clear the “should interview” bar at DeepMind.
I also like this 80K podcast on the topic, and in general I might recommend looking at my FAQ (though it doesn’t cover this question particularly).
As someone interested in applying for Research Engineering roles in the near future, what would be your criterion for determining whether someone self-taught is “worth-interviewing”? (Also a question for others who are familiar with hiring practices at various AI safety organizations).
I don’t know of some easy-to-describe bar, but as one anecdote, this post by Matthew Rahtz was easily enough to clear the “should interview” bar, and went most of the way to the “should hire” bar, when I was looking at applicants for the CHAI internship. It would also have been enough to clear the “should interview” bar at DeepMind.
I also like this 80K podcast on the topic, and in general I might recommend looking at my FAQ (though it doesn’t cover this question particularly).