I did one a few months ago for a university. When I was done it asked for feedback, so I submitted some along the lines of, "I understand you may have numerous applicants, but this interview format does not align with the respect or attentiveness I expect from an employer."

Needless to say, no call back

Edit: a word

In the tech world, some companies want you to do a take home project. They say things like, this will only take an hour, yet it normally takes like 4+ hours for most people. Anyway, I finally got one interview like this and I will not work for a company that pulls this crap.

I decided to go through with it and just post it online for anyone to see. I did the project, sent them the GitHub URL and did everything exactly as they asked. They responded with, can you make that a private repo and give the people permissions that need it. I told them I would rather keep it public and that I won't be doing that. I never signed an NDA, so there was no way for them to force me to take it down.

Fuck all these places that do this type of shit.

No. I did one once. It felt incredibly degrading. I decided then that I would never do one again. I am a person. Not fucking cattle at the county fair. If a company feels my time is worth less than theirs and I'm just supposed to trot on out and look pretty so they can gawk at me and decide if they think I'm worth a chance at the "grand prize", without including me in the conversation, then we are NOT going to be a good fit.

What in the fuck? Never seen that, but I wouldn't bother at that point

No. Never. It's demeaning and unnecessary.

I know it happens nowadays, but I've been on both sides of the hiring process and I refuse to have any part in it.

No, absolutely not. I've had one employer try that shit with me and immediately withdrew my application. They basically have AI review your video and judge you based purely off of your physical characteristics. Honestly I don't know why an employer would want to open themselves up to the liability of using such a tool. Ultimately, if my application isn't worth the time and effort of an actual person to review, then I'm not interested in your position.

Any place that asks for this is a place I have no interest in working. I'll consider making an exception when they submit their video to me first.

It’s not a scam but it’s also not likely to lead to a job. Large companies that get massive amounts of applications use them. But smaller companies may also get a lot of applications and just do traditional phone screens, so who knows?

Depends on the role and the company, but if they make you do an AI interview without a human recluter's screening first that is a red flag for me

If it's Hirevue, I stopped bothering after 5 or so, I'd never got through one and yet managed to get through every single HR phone screen etc.

It depends if it's AI grading it or not I guess, as AI has no understanding of nuance so will just accept a very narrow range of similar candidates

I have an axiety disorder, so I'm suing for discrimination.

Only if I was desperate.

Yeah, HireVue. My company uses them for some job postings at the discretion of the hiring manager.

In general I don't like them. I've seen some job postings that get literally hundreds of applicants though, so I get the company would look for ways to process that many more efficiently. I also think it would be difficult for a hiring manager not to judge an applicant on "video presence", hardly a skill that is top of the priority list for most jobs.

If AI sorting of videos is available I've not seen my company use that feature. To my knowledge, all videos are reviewed by humans. From a previous Lemmy posting about HireVue, I also learned it can be set to only allow one attempt at recording and answering a question, or unlimited.

I kinda think of it as an escalating arms race. Companies put filters in place for resumes. Applicants found tools that aid them in mass applying with a single click. Companies add more filters like HireVue now to deal with the flood of applicants. Applicants are replying by declining or posting to GitHub or whatever.

every story I've heard about them sounds like yours.

ESL industry is always looking for native speakers to teach English, for your back pocket.

I just did one... frustrating

My ex had to do this a lot. She's ESL though so I just figured that was the reason.

I'm a softwate engineer and never saw anything like it before myself, but I didn't think much of it because my own interview process is so fucked up lol.

I'd kill to only have to do that and go through other behaviorals 🤣

I have, and this was a few years ago. However, the one I did had prompts. Like, and interview question, I record my answer, and then so on. It did feel... Weird. But as long as the company is legit, it should be fine.