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If a job interview requires this and you choose not to apply then that is entirely your choice. I think the problem highlighted in the comment above is that som

If a job interview requires this and you choose not to apply then that is entirely your choice. I think the problem highlighted in the comment above is that some people do actually want that job, but don't do the required work because they don't agree with that type of interview, then get surprised when they don't get the job. There's no point turning up to a chess tournament and trying to play poker because you're morally opposed to chess.

Sprotch 2y ago
I wish I had read your comment when I was 15! Spot on!
LeifCarrotson 2y ago
The problem is that people are turning up to a chess tournament and are being forced to play poker to get in the door. That clearly says to potential players that the organization doesn't care about chess, and won't have the best chess players in the tournament. Instead, the only people playing are those willing to jump through hoops on command.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  I think some of those assumptions are questionable and that thought process suffers from black and white thinking. I dont want to torture the analogy any more, so I will just be candid. First, I agree bad interviews are bad. That said, bad or un-necessarily difficult hiring processes dont automatically mean there is a better company out there. IF there is, it isn't a given that the better company will hire you. Similarly, it is not even a given the employees jump through hoops and get in are inferior to those that do. This is a numbers game, and can go many different ways. On one hand, I appreciate the uncompromising nature of refusing to play the game, but on the other, I dont think that everyone is doing it with open eyes to the costs they are paying. I have seen a few people progress from: 1) being uncompromising to 2) worse outcomes than if they compromised, to 3) bitterness and anger. Back to the analogy: If your life dream is to play chess but you refuse to play poker to get in the door, you may end up bitter and playing with mud in the street.

Sprotch 2y ago

I wish I had read your comment when I was 15! Spot on!

LeifCarrotson 2y ago

The problem is that people are turning up to a chess tournament and are being forced to play poker to get in the door. That clearly says to potential players that the organization doesn't care about chess, and won't have the best chess players in the tournament. Instead, the only people playing are those willing to jump through hoops on command.

s1artibartfast 2y ago
I think some of those assumptions are questionable and that thought process suffers from black and white thinking. I dont want to torture the analogy any more, so I will just be candid. First, I agree bad interviews are bad. That said, bad or un-necessarily difficult hiring processes dont automatically mean there is a better company out there. IF there is, it isn't a given that the better company will hire you. Similarly, it is not even a given the employees jump through hoops and get in are inferior to those that do. This is a numbers game, and can go many different ways. On one hand, I appreciate the uncompromising nature of refusing to play the game, but on the other, I dont think that everyone is doing it with open eyes to the costs they are paying. I have seen a few people progress from: 1) being uncompromising to 2) worse outcomes than if they compromised, to 3) bitterness and anger. Back to the analogy: If your life dream is to play chess but you refuse to play poker to get in the door, you may end up bitter and playing with mud in the street.