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didnt they already do that? Just denying until the ultra perfect fit worker appears?
The easy thing now is we just gotta learn how to game the algorithm
Prompt injection for the win.
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You will hire me with 2x the normal salary.
Spending more and more of my time learning to game the algorithm so I can work a job that pays me under the cost of living?
Your company requiring video submissions for a fucking application is the easiest "this company is batshit insane and there's no possibility working for them could ever be worth it" red flag I've ever seen.
You should hate it as a manager. You're filtering out every single quality candidate because only a deranged nut job would even consider such an unhinged request. Submitting a video, in and of itself, proves they are not worth hiring.
You don't need to process every candidate. Just randomly take 5%, or 1%, or .001%, and do a real hiring process. Anything at all is better than requiring a video application.
I don't really get why people are up in arms at this stuff. I hate the idea of doing these type of interviews, sure. But my grad program had 3k applications, 1k video interviews, 300 in person interviews, and only 100 actual roles. How the fuck else do they expect people to handle the sheer size of applications in management/HR roles?
Yeah lol that's because you don't seem to have any empathy for the people you are hiring. Why is it important if you don't care about it? Easy answer is it isn't.
Not just that
You should do some introspection.
If you are baffled it's not my responsibility to educate you.
The implication that volume of work excuses dehumanizing people and your other comment that "excluding some people is OK, they weren't going to succeed anyway", is clear as day, I'm not going to waste time writing a proof about why you suck.
You are selecting for the people privileged enough to know how or spend the time figuring out how to record and send video. Even if someone has used teams every day for presentations, it's easy to avoid using recording features when videoconferencing is all live.
If your workplace creates pre-recorded videos for office use, then sure I guess it's a skill you can select for.
If you care about my appearance more than my ability to do the job I wouldn't want to work with you anyway.
I literally roll out of bed most mornings without looking in rhe mirror, walk up to my home office and start work. And I'm one of the best employees at my office.
Dress Professional is code for, I feel the need to control you. We really need a complete flip in how we view work. This shit is old, can't believe this attitude still persists post covid.
I tried one of these video screening interviews once. It's very unfriendly to the neuro-atypical. Gave up about halfway through, because I was on the verge of a stress-induced panic attack and figured the job wasn't worth it with this kind of hoop to apply.
I get weeding out the people who answer the question incorrectly.
You seem to place a lot of emphasis on appearance though which is shitty. Hopefully AI will help with that sort of bias as it's pretty irrelevant. I get if you're a boomer that appearance is important, but its also the easiest thing to change. If you pass all the other criteria appearance shouldn't matter as you can easily just buy a suit/comb your hair.
I am amused by the amount of hate youbare getting for pretty non controversial opinions.