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I wish interviewing wasn’t so involved and instead folks could enter trial periods with employers after some basic behavioral interviews.

• Gigachad 5y ago
  This is less preferable to me. I'd rather not leave my current job until its almost certain that I will do well at the new one.
• vasco 5y ago
  Most jobs have probation periods on top of the interviewing, during which time it's way easier to fire an employee for any reason. This might work differently in the US where I guess you can always fire for any reason at any time regardless of probation.
  • ghaff 5y ago
    Yes, but in practice, unless business conditions really change or there's a major disconnect between you and the company of some sort, it's a safe assumption that a professional job will mostly set you up for a year or two. An explicit we'll see how things go for the next couple of months before we extend a real offer would set off a lot of alarm bells.
  • dominotw 5y ago
    yea this is not a thing at all in USA prbly because jobs are at-will anyways.
    • xeromal 5y ago
      Most companies in the US have a probationary period of 90 days. It's easier internally to fire, but yeah, in 49 states, you can be fired for no reason.
      • dominotw 5y ago
        > Most companies in the US have a probationary period of 90 days. really? I've had over a dozen jobs but never had this. Suprised by 'most'.
        • xeromal 5y ago
          "Most companies that I've worked for" Probably 8 of the 10 places I've worked at.
• xeromal 5y ago
  That kind of exists in the form of 3 month contract to hire.
• reidjs 5y ago
  I wonder if you could use this strategy to "sell yourself" to the new company. Switch around the wording so it seems like YOU are trying out the employer for 3 months, when in reality, you meant to stay all along.
• paxys 5y ago
  ~5 hours of interviews and a guaranteed yes/no decision is a lot better than trial periods or probation.