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> I know of at least one job interview where they claimed they couldn't get zoom to run / couldn't connect - and that was basically decisive. I used to intervi
by gwbas1c 5y ago
> I know of at least one job interview where they claimed they couldn't get zoom to run / couldn't connect - and that was basically decisive.
I used to interview candidates via Zoom. There were quite a few who couldn't figure it out. I gave 2nd chances interviews, mostly for optics for upper management. (And because sometimes hardware breaks at the last minute.) The candidates always failed the retry interview.
At least for software development, troubleshooting a camera and mic is a pretty similar skill to what our job is on a day-to-day basis. It's also very disrespectful to make someone wait at the beginning of a meeting while you troubleshoot, especially when I'm waving my phone and sending IMs that ask the candidate to just use their phone.
But, if a candidate fell back to their phone, I appreciated that they respected my time.
- slownews45 5y agoYeah - the problem is now zoom is a skill you basically need - if you can't use a computer / zoom, it can be hard to make the remote work thing work. It's also not that difficult to click in and to the test audio / test video features. I still do that (sometimes just to check a virtual background etc). So yeah, if you are going to always be saying it's too hard or you can't get into zoom (ie, for "security" reasons) that may be a dealbreaker.