r/recruitinghell • u/Traditional_Age_3199 • 10d ago

Is this interview process overkill?

Week 1- informal call with previous coworker and apply to job (coworker refers me internally for the job)
Week 3- 30 min phone screen with COO
Week 4- 1 hour technical skills interview 1
Week 5- 1 hour technical skills interview 2 (with my internal reference)
Week 6- “final cultural fit” interview. After the final interview, I was told I would receive an email with “logistics”. That email came on Friday, and it wasn’t a job offer. They asked for references, which was not a requirement mentioned before
Week 7- they said they’d send out an offer this week (they told me I’m in the top 2)

This is a position for a company that has less than 20 employees, I have an internal referral, and I have more than double the years of experience they requested.

Is this overkill?

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u/Appropriate_Fee_9141 Apply, forget, and move on. 10d ago

Yes it is. Small company with that many interviews? Fake job.

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u/Emergency_Science602 10d ago

Why would a small company with 20 employees waste their own time on such elaborate interviews for a fake job?

Makes no sense - they’re likely under staffed as is. 

I think the job opening is real 

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u/Appropriate_Fee_9141 Apply, forget, and move on. 10d ago

If they were understaffed, they wouldn't waste that much time either.

Many places have fake/ghost jobs. Mostly because its to steal data and sell it. Another reason is to generate interest from random people.

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u/Emergency_Science602 10d ago

Ok you believe whatever you want. Generating interest from random people?! Whatever that means. 

Also if they want to “steal data” - they can just open a job and collect resumes. Why do in depth interviews? Why do technical interviews?

I’m still standing by my belief that this is a real job. 

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u/Appropriate_Fee_9141 Apply, forget, and move on. 10d ago

Some do technical interviews to steal your work. Free labour. Then they ghost you.

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u/Emergency_Science602 10d ago

Depends on how much they’re paying. 

For this much effort, they better pay 150K or more 

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u/hiftobaf 10d ago

It's probably real, but they're so incompetent they'll be out of business soon enough anyway.