Comments on: This Is Not How You Assess Cultural Fit

By: Simone Temple

Simone Temple — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:37:41 +0000

I wouldn’t work at this company. Probably filled with overly exuberant pranksters who egg each other on. Doubt that much work gets done either.

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:23:12 +0000

In reply to Tami Wiersma. It could enable other types of discrimination too. A video will also show sex, race, color, possible disabilities, as well as age, before the decision is even made whether to interview the applicant.

By: Tami Wiersma

Tami Wiersma — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 05:21:54 +0000

That’s a thinly veiled way to age discriminate too. A younger eager influencer will bust out a video in a minute. A seasoned worker may struggle technologically, or may decide not to act like a circus monkey and walk away. They’ve effectively made it unlikely for anyone under 35 to apply and go through with the video.

By: Not. E

Not. E — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 02:56:27 +0000

I am fine with this because it tells me immediately I have no desire to work there. If they don’t do this but it’s who they are and I get the job won’t last long. At least this way I know to run away fast.

By: Elizabeth West

Elizabeth West — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:22:16 +0000

This is dumb. Who at the company has time to sit there and watch all the videos anyway?

I applied for a floater admin job at a law firm and they wanted me to do a video interview. It was timed, you didn’t get the questions in advance, and of course, it went about as well as you’d expect. A Zoom interview where you actually interact with someone? That’s fine. But I decided I wasn’t going to do this again, nor was I going to do the recorded phone screens. It’s so dismissive.

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:09:47 +0000

We want to see just how badly you want this job, so — in addition to the usual stress of a job interview — we want to see if you’re willing to abase yourself by putting on a totally irrelevant, dumb, little dog and pony show for our amusement. Hey, what’s the problem? It’s not the Squid Game or anything.
It’s hard to imagine this process attracting any serious candidates, or leading to any type of meaningful position. But, if there ever were a case for paying people for interviews — a topic recently covered — this might be an apt one.

By: Saucier's Apprentice

Saucier's Apprentice — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:59:16 +0000

Please. Stop this. NOW.