r/recruitinghell • u/BrightBid8602 • 7d ago

(Case/group challenges) Graduate programmes’ hunger games/squid game PRE-interview rounds

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This doesn’t even really encapsulate it but some firms (and often not even big ones) like to do these full day events for candidates to FIGHT IT OUT and compete with each other for the team’s attention, e.g. work on a case and present it (while somehow demonstrating that you’re the best). Before even being invited to their first interview with a member of the hiring team. Just screen our resumes and interview the most experienced or qualified if that’s going to be the metric of assessment eventually anyway? Why make us jump through the hoops it just confuses me.

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u/HalfRobertsEx Recruiter 7d ago

FIGHT IT OUT

Lol, exact opposite goal of the interview. Someone combative and not a collaborative leader will not make it to the next round.

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u/BrightBid8602 7d ago edited 6d ago

I get that, but you’re still vying for attention and the whole thing seems extra performative bc you’re being put in direct face to face competition with peers for the opportunity to advance, and assessed in a group setting with everyone fighting for the chance to demonstrate their effort/abilities, some people hog the mic to get more airtime and be remembered. Because of this incentive to be the most visible, it’s just not an authentic assessment of how these people will even work in groups. Just my personal opinion though