I'll broadly second this. As an experienced dev, what kept Triplebyte on my radar was being able to at least theoretically cut past the initial round of 'can you actually fizzbuzz or are you just lying about it' that most companies need to filter out the people with inexplicably good resumes but no practical skills.
I think my experience sounds like what the article is trying to say…
I tried TripleByte and wanted to like it, but mostly it didn’t seem like anything special. The whole concept of getting pre-screened, getting multiple offers, and jumping straight to final interviews just didn’t pan out. The last company I interviewed with basically treated my application like any other pipeline. I had a standard recruiter call, hiring manager call, and several technical interviews before getting an offer. And the experience with other companies was similar. From the outside looking in, it appeared that there was no special track for TripleByte applicants. In the end it felt like the TripleByte process simply made the interview process longer, not shorter. Eventually I found it faster & more effective to pursue companies on my own.
TL;DR — companies I met through TripleByte ran me through the standard process I’d experience through any third party recruiter without the personal touch one might get from a good third party recruiter.
This wasn’t my experience. Sure they didn’t just make an offer but instead of the usual algorithm test and a second interview my onsites consisted of actually working alongside the founder for a day and then an offer a few days later. I’m totally fine with that what I don’t want is to have to do 2-3 interviews at every company I apply to.
Triplebyte was basically friction. It didn't help you skip the onsite and instead forced you to do two onsites, once with Triplebyte and once with the hiring company. It didn't make sense to ever engage with Triplebyte.
It should be an upgrade to do an onsite with triplebyte and an onsite with each company instead of doing several phone screens with each company and an onsite with each company.
