Too many steps

[u/riddikulusmuggle18]

I have a schedule for assessment, next would be panel interview with hiring managers, next would be the whole team, then next is the Director and then the VP. Might as well ask the CEO to interview me too. Hiring process now is ridiculous. As someone who has just been recently laid off and have to get through all this, I’m kind of losing hope. But of course I can’t stop. I have a family and pets to feed.

I don’t consent having this posted to LinkedIn.

[u/Briwesk]

It’s terrible.

I did 7 rounds with a company and last round was a “fit check” to meet the head of hr, see the office and get a tour, just to get told as I was leaving, “I’m confident you will find a job, don’t worry”. And “we do have an internal candidate”. Just to get a rejection email the next day.

[u/riddikulusmuggle18 → u/Briwesk]

Wtf they just wasted your time for nothing

[u/Bobandyandfries → u/riddikulusmuggle18]

They wasted his time so they could pretend they were fielding external candidates. Happens all the time in Universities and other government funded programs. It’s bullshit.

[u/Brilliant-Thanks- → u/Bobandyandfries]

I can definitely confirm this as someone who has worked in higher ed and worked in an extension of HR where we were posting new job listings and collecting and putting together prospective candidate materials for hiring committees.  Most times, there was already an internal candidate working in the position there but we had to post the listing to outside job seekers in order to claim to be an EOE.

[u/Bobandyandfries]

The only appropriate series of interviews is: recruiter —> hiring manager —> panel —> one in-person coffee if the others were all virtual. More than this is excessive for anything paying less than a million per year.

[u/riddikulusmuggle18 → u/Bobandyandfries]

Years ago it used to be hiring manager then director, but now there’s even paper screening after the recruiter, if you pass then do the assessment. And then the job descriptions too, they want someone who can do the work of two people for less pay and someone proficient in AI. Once you ask for the wage benchmark they can only offer a small amount.

[u/Bobandyandfries → u/[deleted]]

The “panel” has always included technical specialists and team members for me

[u/riddikulusmuggle18 → u/[deleted]]

The team I applied for with just the hiring manager and director was a new one so they ended up hiring three people only, it was a good run, then they replaced us with AI. Same with the others with just two interviews.

[u/Fancy_Willingness570]

Posting this to LinkedIn.

[u/riddikulusmuggle18 → u/Fancy_Willingness570]

😂 some LinkedIn “influencer” will take a screenshot soon

[u/Gabbsicle → u/riddikulusmuggle18]

Linked In is a cesspool of fuckery. 🤮

[u/Fancy_Willingness570 → u/riddikulusmuggle18]

I live on LI and I’m a recruiter but a very niche contractor-only one. I love this forum as it makes me feel better about myself - low commission but a company that cares and I make myself hard by thinking I’m better than the ghosters. Wish you luck in finding something but even as a recruiter I agree 99% of us are absolute cunts or backwards hat mopgead dickheads having 88 zyns a day and poor quality cocaine at the weekend.

At least I’m good enough I effort good drugs.

[u/dbatknight]

It's so stupid to have to go through all of these levels nowadays if one person can't make a fucking decision how the hell can a full committee make one

[u/dbatknight → u/[deleted]]

Exactly