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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 19 Apr 2018
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      Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Austen Allred

      If you run a hiring process in tech, go read your standard interview travel language from the perspective of someone who has never received anything free in their life and is terrified of owing anyone anything, and rewrite to avoid an unintended class competence check.https://twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/986997121575337984 …

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      Austen Allred @Austen
      Message I got a couple days ago: “Hey Austen, I have three companies wanting to interview me in New York; I arranged them so they’re back to back, I’m just trying to scrape the funds together to buy a flight and hotel...” People that are new to tech aren’t used to comped travel
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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 19 Apr 2018
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      Very candidate-friendly language could look like: We're happy to arrange your travel for you at our expense or have you book and reimburse you, whichever is more convenient. Some people feel the need to put a dollar figure in this email; I think probably pennywise poundfoolish.

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        2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 19 Apr 2018
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          So help me I know people who interviewed at AppAmaGooFaceSoft in zombie mode because they were told to shoot for a $300 ticket and the most convenient option was $330 so they instead booked a redeye and didn't sleep prior to the interview because Rules are Rules.

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        3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 19 Apr 2018
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          Incidentally, if you're on the candidate side of things (and tell your friends): if a company tells you to book travel and you can't front the money, reply "It would be more convenient if you could book for me; could you?" No reason required.

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        2. Amber Yust‏ @Aiiane 19 Apr 2018
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          Replying to @patio11

          I'd suggest going a bit farther and speaking specifically to the goals: "Our goal in bringing you onsite is to get an accurate picture of your skills and suitability for the job. Towards that goal, we cover travel and lodging for all of our onsite interview candidates."

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        3. Amber Yust‏ @Aiiane 19 Apr 2018
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          Perhaps then continuing on to "Just as we work to build an environment in which our employees can perform to the best of our ability because the long-term gains outweigh short term costs, we also want to ensure your travel does not unreasonably inconvenience you."

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