Thanks for the suggestion. We considered this but decided against it for various reasons (though we did cut down the app length from our first draft). I agree that it’s frustrating that application time costs are high. One consideration is that we often find ourselves relying on free-response questions for app review, even in an initial screen, and without at least some of those it would be considerably harder to do initial screening.
One consideration is that we often find ourselves relying on free-response questions for app review, even in an initial screen, and without at least some of those it would be considerably harder to do initial screening.
Why not just have the initial screening only have one question and say what you’re looking for? So that the ones who happen to already know what you’re looking for aren’t advantaged and able to Goodhart more?
Thanks for the suggestion. We considered this but decided against it for various reasons (though we did cut down the app length from our first draft). I agree that it’s frustrating that application time costs are high. One consideration is that we often find ourselves relying on free-response questions for app review, even in an initial screen, and without at least some of those it would be considerably harder to do initial screening.
Why not just have the initial screening only have one question and say what you’re looking for? So that the ones who happen to already know what you’re looking for aren’t advantaged and able to Goodhart more?