Makes No Sense Man

I feel sorry for you guys but you don’t want to work for these companies. A good company will give you a 10 minute prescreen, a 25 minute interview and then I have to call you within 5 days and give you feedback on the interview.

It’s not that difficult for a very busy hiring manager to do the right thing.

My husband did 5 rounds for an Apple retail position

I tell you hwat dang gone ol technical interview, behavioral, not a culture fit nonsense.

In college I had THREE interviews to be a cashier at staples. Didn’t even get the job. This was 13 years ago.

My favorite job that ever personally did this to me wasn’t 5 rounds of interviews but I did my initial application in San Diego and they requested a follow up interview in Los Angeles.

The pay was 18 an hour + commissions.

I told them respectfully I wasn’t showing.

That’s kinda why I went into medical. When I was in tech I’d interview for a dozen positions and get one callback telling me no. In medicine? I could trip over a rock and find a job waiting for me underneath it. I make less than I did in tech but the job security is phenomenal.

if each round of interviews has a roughly 70 to 80 percent chance of screening out ai applicants, or another form of undesirable, it will take at least 3 rounds before 91% of AI stop applying.

Then there’s the standard 2 more rounds for people who cannot complete an application the same way twice in a row due to compulsive behavior, who may have gotten grandfathered in by the AI round for various complicated reasons that no doubt make sense too.

Then you show up and right away they know if they messed up or not, usually. It’s just ridiculous.

Feels.

We need some revolution or something from this hell

2 phone screens and 5 rounds to get an automated “we’re moving ahead with other candidates” email from a general email alias.

Waste of money on their end

i had that trying to get my first IT job, 4 – 1hr interviews, each person asked the same fucking questions. By the third interview I flat out asked if she was going to ask the same questions, she nodded and i said thanks but no thanks and left. I did not get that job and prob happier for it.

Such a scam! These assh@les either self promote through job interviews or have a Ponzi scheme that they want you to be part of.

Entry level should be first come first serve. Basically anyone who has the requirements on the job description will do the job adequately.

“Hey you filled out all this stuff online? Great, do it again. Right now. Heres a form.”

Or any position tbh

Government jobs are getting terrible for this. You need multiple interviews to get into job pools just to be interviewed by hiring managers with fewer qualifications who don’t know what they want because they have zero business or HR training.

if it makes you feel better, they also have five rounds for senior positions?

i interviewed with Microsoft a while ago, got past that annoying first round, then got called by a headhunter looking for contract to hire for Microsoft… more money, and didn’t have to do any more rounds?

i took that offer, and then… Microsoft fucking dropped the ball on managing my clearance, so I ended up quitting to get someone to read me on… irritating…

Man… This is my new job, sure, it pays really well, (for an entry level position in Mexico of all places) and sure, it’s “hard” to get in if you don’t know anybody, but still it sucked having such a long and convoluted process

My previous job was so f’ing great, I got hired on the spot after 1 interview, and once I was in, I loved every single second of it

I remember before going to university to study computer science, I had 3 interviews for a minimum wage job at a video game retail store. I shit you not, they actually asked me “why are manhole covers round.” It’s a famous question Microsoft asked software engineers in the early days of the company to assess intelligence. Like I needed a 160 IQ to work a register and sell video games. Then they completely ghosted me.

Feels nonsensical, man

I went through 5 rounds of interviews for an internship position which resulted in a rejection.

Or my favorite this is a entry level landscape position. Due to our strict grooming standards no visible tattoos Its unprofessional.

This is Blue Origin. (Bezos company 😒) This is what they wanted me to do.

1st interview – 30 minute phone interview with HR & Main management

2nd Interview – another 30 minute phone interview with HR & Tech Manager

3rd interview – 1 hour Power Point Zoom interview presentation to 6 people. (Main Manager, Tech Manager, Shift boss, HR again and 2 others) 30 minutes on previous work experience 20 minutes on talking about myself (selling myself to the company) and 10 minutes (Q&A).

4th interview – In person individual interview with each of the people that were in the 3rd interview asking me questions in another Q&A. (30 minutes each person, so another 3 to 4 hours of interviews).

All of this and they could tell you you’re not hired.

Or if you are hired. Forced to work 60 hours work weeks with a badge to clock in your time and bathroom breaks and lunches.

After the 1st interview and hearing all of this, before the 2nd one, I said. “Nope”. Peace out. This is ridiculous. Good thing because 10 months later Blue Origin laid off 10% of their workforce.

Best Buy does this. They have like 3 different interviews. I’m like, bro, I just want to help people that want to buy shit. Don’t make me sell you that fucking pen on your desk. That’s not what I applied for. I applied to help people buy things they need.

I didn’t get the job or make it past the first interview. /shrug. Fuck Best Buy. Bitch asses.