It's interesting to note how many people that actually work at a place had to jump through all of the pre job offer hoops. I think you'll usually find a lot of

It's interesting to note how many people that actually work at a place had to jump through all of the pre job offer hoops. I think you'll usually find a lot of people who were able to avoid much of that stuff because: 1) they were hired before the company started doing it 2) they new someone going in so they got hired without as much rigmarole. 3) they started as a contractor/freelancer and were converted to employee without interviewing 4) they came to the company through an acquisition It seems like if you're not good at these annoying pre-offer activities that you're better off taking one of the above routes into a new job rather than trying to play these games. [edit formatting]