Some companies enjoy making job applicants jump through hoops in the interview process… only to reject them after weeks of hard work. Which leads to the question, when should a job applicant put their foot down and refuse to be subjected to all these hoops?
When you need a job, you are willing to do just about anything in order to get it. 10 interviews spread across three months? No problem. 3 assignments that provide the company with some free labor? Bring it on. Five recommendation letters from former employers and your kindergarten teacher? You got it covered. All before you even signed a contract, and for the off chance of actually being accepted to the job.
As long as there are people willing to go through all these steps, the hiring process is not likely to change. In fact, in recent years, it has only gotten worse. And all thanks to… take a quick guess… Yep. The lovely technologies offered by AI.
So now, not only are job applicants going through numerous rounds of interviews, but they also have to do it in front of a barley functioning AI tool. Companies don’t even bother to have a human meet with a candidate first; they simply send them a link for a “one-way video interview” and call it a day. Let the job candidate figure it out themselves, that will get them to want to work for your company for sure.
The only way to make a change in the hiring process is if people stop participating in it, and the job seeker below has already taken the first steps. They decided that a company that does not have ten minutes for a real human conversation during the initial screen is never going to value them as an employee. Why should they waste their time on these horrible video interviews if all they get in return is a generic rejection email? It’s not like these companies are worth it anyway.
It’s time that job candidates learn that rejection is a two-way street…
Author: Kayitsi.com
