When I was a wee sysadmin, still wet behind the ears, I interviewed with a Midwest company for a networking gig. The first step in the interview process was a g

When I was a wee sysadmin, still wet behind the ears, I interviewed with a Midwest company for a networking gig. The first step in the interview process was a group phone session (roughly 6 people from this company). They ask you a series of questions, over a 30 minute span. It was pretty fast paced, and there was no time for much reflection on an individual question. I thought it was odd, but I expected a job offer. The next day I received a call from either the recruiter or the interviewer (it's been decades and my memory isn't exact). They thanked me for my time but said they didn't feel I was a good candidate. I thought long and hard about it for a few days, feeling down and depressed. Then I realized that not one question was technical. It was a typical psychometric exam. Did some research and found that the company specialized in predictive evaluations. Imagine Gattaca... I was pissed. The idea that you can distill someone's performance down to 30 questions asked by faceless people giving limited feedback is HR homeopathy. I was glad that I had dodged a bullet, but treating people like "resources" is something I despise. This company claims to have lots of Fortune 500 companies as clients, now offers unlimited PTO (another red flag) and a pretty website espousing the virtues of their filtering system. Looks like a cult, smells like a cult.