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When I was applying for work a few months ago, it was very clear many companies that sat me for an interview had no intention of hiring. I believe we need to ca
by janalsncm 2y ago
When I was applying for work a few months ago, it was very clear many companies that sat me for an interview had no intention of hiring. I believe we need to call out this bad behavior to end it.
One example is Snapchat. They gave a leetcode hard for an MLE role, which is absurd. I have an MLE friend who actually solved their LC hard problem but was still failed in that interview.
There were several others which were clearly not interested in hiring. And others which were but I failed anyways, which I know because I know people who passed.
You might call this sour grapes but I strongly believe it is commonplace to waste engineers’ time (on both sides of the table) with fake interviews.
And don’t even get me started on take home assignments. Half of them are startups that are fishing for innovation because as it turns out you could get VC money for a while without it.
- cyanydeez 2y agoI find this idea that shame is the proper course of action, as if the last decade has demonstrated any substantial results. If you want socially beneficial behaviors, you need rules, regulations _and_ enforcement. Shame is not going to do anything of merit. As long as there's overwhelming discrepencies, there'll always be people applying to these jobs.
- ksec 2y ago> it was very clear many companies that sat me for an interview had no intention of hiring. Does Ghost Jobs in here actually means getting interview but has not intention of hiring. Which I think is wrong and is wasting everyone's time. Or simply advertising but not replying? Which some other comments below implied because I thought not getting a reply is pretty normal.
- janalsncm 2y agoNot sure what the terminology is but it’s not like giving people fake interviews is any better in my opinion. If anything, it’s worse because it’s a waste of time.