Job Interviews - A Waste of Time?

[zinfamous]

OP could work as a prostitute and get fucked in the ass less.

gold.

 

[Robert Munch]

My favorite is when I get emails for 3 month desktop support gigs. I actually responded to one with:

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm sorry, did you even bother READING my resume?"

I did a Google search on the moron that contacted me yesterday with a similar job and saw one guy started a recruiter hall of shame for recruiters like that and yes, the moron yesterday was on it!

I've had that happen to me a few times and i've responded with my hourly wage requirements that exceed 4 or 5 times over the current rate the recruiter's stop emailing me back.

 

[mmntech]

I've been going through the job search process and it's just a colossal pain in the ass. Hard enough just getting them to call you back, then you're up against a wall of bureaucracy when they do.

If a company cannot make a decision after a couple in depth interviews, plus phoning your references, there's definitely a problem with the process. Especially if it's a non-management role. If the hiring manager knows the job, they should be able to pick up if you're bullshitting or not.

I blame a lot of these HR gurus for that, combined with way too much bureacracy. I'm a big proponent of Liz Ryan's "Human Workplace" vision. She writes a column for Forbes about it. Her method basically boils down to treating prospective candidates like human beings, and the hiring process as a business deal rather than adding another cog to the machine. Don't string people along, don't waste their time, don't ask them stupid scripted behavioural questions that have no bearing on the role. Having an open and casual two-way conversation with them about work will tell you more and help you hire better people.

 

[Vdubchaos]

I've had that happen to me a few times and i've responded with my hourly wage requirements that exceed 4 or 5 times over the current rate the recruiter's stop emailing me back.

They don't really care about your resume or what you want.

They just want the commission for getting you the job. That's really it.

Can't really blame them for doing it. I'm sure the reason why they do it is because they've had success in the past.

 

[BoomerD]

Job interviews are a TERRIBLE waste of everyone's time. If the bastards want to hire me to work for them...they need to come knocking on my door and persuade ME to come work for them...and they'd better bring a BIG suitcase full of cash, or they're not getting in the door.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

OP could work as a gigolo and get fucked in the ass less.

FTFY

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I've been going through the job search process and it's just a colossal pain in the ass. Hard enough just getting them to call you back, then you're up against a wall of bureaucracy when they do.

If a company cannot make a decision after a couple in depth interviews, plus phoning your references, there's definitely a problem with the process. Especially if it's a non-management role. If the hiring manager knows the job, they should be able to pick up if you're bullshitting or not.

I blame a lot of these HR gurus for that, combined with way too much bureacracy. I'm a big proponent of Liz Ryan's "Human Workplace" vision. She writes a column for Forbes about it. Her method basically boils down to treating prospective candidates like human beings, and the hiring process as a business deal rather than adding another cog to the machine. Don't string people along, don't waste their time, don't ask them stupid scripted behavioural questions that have no bearing on the role. Having an open and casual two-way conversation with them about work will tell you more and help you hire better people.

I will totally take finding a job today over trying to find my first job over again is all I can say.

I graduated college in 2010. Prime time for the SHITTIEST job market shortly after most of the layoffs of the recession. There I was, fresh out of college with my school hat and lunchbox out trying to find work.

I did every fuckin' thing I could to polish my resume like a douche with a horrible vintage car trying to make it look new again. I sent it out to anyone that would evaluate it for free (my university, some job search agents, etc...). In the end, I got it looking damn good for fresh out of college, zero work experience (literally, none), and not being the all A student that was in every club.

In the end I got a job after about 5 months. I was basically shooting the sky hoping to hit something - even if it was shitty. I remember being drawn into an interview with a bunch of others for some douchebags that lied about the job prospects and it turned out to be an interview for selling insurance on commission. Yeah, fuck that. Even I won't bring myself down to that level. My first job definitely wasn't so bad. It wasn't my dream IT job, but it paid pretty decent ($46k starting), and it somewhat got my foot in the door.

Ok, not really, the job wasn't great on my resume since my 2nd job was entirely based on networking :biggrin: But in both cases I have jumped multiple times now to a much happier place, where I am in the drivers seat instead of begging and pleading for jobs at interviews.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

They don't really care about your resume or what you want.

They just want the commission for getting you the job. That's really it.

Can't really blame them for doing it. I'm sure the reason why they do it is because they've had success in the past.

Yeah, I think they do a search for a term (say, for example, Windows 7) and then spam anyone whose results pull up and hope there are a few desperate people that will respond. Most of these guys CLEARLY don't read the resumes.

 

[xeemzor]

Yeah, I think they do a search for a term (say, for example, Windows 7) and then spam anyone whose results pull up and hope there are a few desperate people that will respond. Most of these guys CLEARLY don't read the resumes.

To be fair, even if they actually read the resumes they have no understanding of the underlying technology or how it relates to the job they are trying to fill.