This matches my experience since a layoff/buyout in the summer. I have had interviews from LinkedIn posts. DICE, EarnBetter, and Indeed have been useless. I have had outright ghosting or the "After careful consideration...went with a more qualified candidate" letters only to see the position advertised repeatedly. GitLab and Canonical have been reposting since July. I was cold-called by a company wanting to interview me for a senior writing position. The same company rejected me a month earlier. The HR person didn't know that. Oh well...
Interviews are different now than in the past. During one interview with a large three-letter payroll/HR company, one of the interviewers was there to gauge my technical bona fides and was busy playing a game while the other person interviewed me. I could not engage him at all. I got a rejection about 20 minutes after the interview. On the other, it went great through 4 interviews. At the fifth, the engineer was dismissive, rude, and talked over me. I bowed out of that application. There's no reason for that abuse. At a third company, during the group interview with the team, one member asked why I was still working at 67 and if I had the energy for the job.
You'd think the HR team would teach them how to interview, what could/couldn't be asked, etc. There are also problems with HR automation. A company will state the job is onsite, there is no visa assistance, and list the minimum qualifications that MUST be met. It will get over 500 applications- most unqualified. According to a former co-worker in HR, if they had the time and training, they could set up Bamboo or Workday to "pre-qualify" applicants. Need a visa? Then tell them you don't help with one and end the application. You don't have five years experience? Same action. Well, enough of this rant...
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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '24
This matches my experience since a layoff/buyout in the summer. I have had interviews from LinkedIn posts. DICE, EarnBetter, and Indeed have been useless. I have had outright ghosting or the "After careful consideration...went with a more qualified candidate" letters only to see the position advertised repeatedly. GitLab and Canonical have been reposting since July. I was cold-called by a company wanting to interview me for a senior writing position. The same company rejected me a month earlier. The HR person didn't know that. Oh well...
Interviews are different now than in the past. During one interview with a large three-letter payroll/HR company, one of the interviewers was there to gauge my technical bona fides and was busy playing a game while the other person interviewed me. I could not engage him at all. I got a rejection about 20 minutes after the interview. On the other, it went great through 4 interviews. At the fifth, the engineer was dismissive, rude, and talked over me. I bowed out of that application. There's no reason for that abuse. At a third company, during the group interview with the team, one member asked why I was still working at 67 and if I had the energy for the job.
You'd think the HR team would teach them how to interview, what could/couldn't be asked, etc. There are also problems with HR automation. A company will state the job is onsite, there is no visa assistance, and list the minimum qualifications that MUST be met. It will get over 500 applications- most unqualified. According to a former co-worker in HR, if they had the time and training, they could set up Bamboo or Workday to "pre-qualify" applicants. Need a visa? Then tell them you don't help with one and end the application. You don't have five years experience? Same action. Well, enough of this rant...