(even larger disclaimer than usual: i don’t have much experience applying to EA orgs, i’m also not trying to give career advice and wouldn’t recommend taking career advice from me, ymmv)
Thanks for posting! I’m broadly sympathetic to this line of reasoning. One thing I wanted to note was that hiring processes seem pretty noisy, and lots of people seem pretty bad at estimating how good they are at things, so I think in practice there might not be that much difference between trying to get yourself hired vs. trying to get the best candidate hired. I think a reasonable heuristic is “try to do well at all the interviews/work tests, as you would for a normal job, but don’t rule yourself out in advance, and be very honest and transparent if you’re asked specific questions”.
(even larger disclaimer than usual: i don’t have much experience applying to EA orgs, i’m also not trying to give career advice and wouldn’t recommend taking career advice from me, ymmv)
Thanks for posting! I’m broadly sympathetic to this line of reasoning. One thing I wanted to note was that hiring processes seem pretty noisy, and lots of people seem pretty bad at estimating how good they are at things, so I think in practice there might not be that much difference between trying to get yourself hired vs. trying to get the best candidate hired. I think a reasonable heuristic is “try to do well at all the interviews/work tests, as you would for a normal job, but don’t rule yourself out in advance, and be very honest and transparent if you’re asked specific questions”.