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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 15:06:31 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. Now, I hate how I look and I hate seeing myself on video, and when you throw a countdown clock for my response time on top of it, it was as big of a train wreck for me as it sounds. I don't feel like I acquitted myself well at all, but this was my one and only shot to encourage this particular employer to bring me in for a face-to-face interview, so I'm figuring I won't be hearing back from them, which is too bad because I am a good fit for the position and they are located in a good place for me commute-wise. This is unbelievable and I've never heard such a thing like this ... It's not even fair and I just can't believe what I was reading here. I'm so sorry that you had a bad experience like this.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 23, 2016 15:27:54 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. Now, I hate how I look and I hate seeing myself on video, and when you throw a countdown clock for my response time on top of it, it was as big of a train wreck for me as it sounds. I don't feel like I acquitted myself well at all, but this was my one and only shot to encourage this particular employer to bring me in for a face-to-face interview, so I'm figuring I won't be hearing back from them, which is too bad because I am a good fit for the position and they are located in a good place for me commute-wise. God forbid anyone could actually talk to another human being face-to-face. Sorry you had to deal with that, Cap. I hope it wasn't an HR job you were interviewing for. Though in this day and age, that would not be ironic.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 23, 2016 16:58:45 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. Now, I hate how I look and I hate seeing myself on video, and when you throw a countdown clock for my response time on top of it, it was as big of a train wreck for me as it sounds. I don't feel like I acquitted myself well at all, but this was my one and only shot to encourage this particular employer to bring me in for a face-to-face interview, so I'm figuring I won't be hearing back from them, which is too bad because I am a good fit for the position and they are located in a good place for me commute-wise. Beyond that, another position that I really like with another company (and for which they seem to have a lot of interest in me) turned out to have a downside, as it isn't seated where I thought it was, which was only 30 minutes from my house and with little traffic, but rather over an hour from my house with two tunnels and massive back-ups each way every day. I can't be too picky at this point, but if I were to be offered this position, I would basically never see my family or be able to help my wife out with anything around the house or getting our kids to activities from Monday through Friday. This is part of the latest, and quite disturbing trend. Not only are robots eliminating many jobs, but they are being incorporated into the interview process. Your recorded interview will be electronically analyzed for body language and voice timbre. Facial ticks will be analysed as well. It's no longer just what's on your resume or what you actually say that counts. The use of this process will eliminate most candidates so a face-to-face final interview will only be held with the barest minimum of candidates. This is the HR version of efficiency. Computers do almost all the work
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 23, 2016 18:50:53 GMT -5
Hey, you should go to the gym quickly while you still have the steroid shot in your system. You're gonna be so PUMPED! ... In other news, I had a slightly disturbing start to my day today, when at 6 am a guy I had not seen before came to the bus stop (it's usually me and the same lady every morning, nobody else up that early), gave out a frightening scream and slid down the side of the bus stop shack in a epileptic seizure. I immediately called an ambulance, put his head on his soft bag and stayed with him (at that point the aforementioned lady showed up and helped by putting herself in charge of looking worried and wringing her hands). The ambulance took only about 6 or 7 minutes to arrive as there was no traffic and the hospital was less than half a mile away. By the time they got here, he was responsive but confused. I had missed my bus, of course, which caused me to miss a connecting train down the road and to arrive half an hour late at work, at the same time as the first clients which made for a very hectic morning. Awesome , pip. You restored my faith in humanity for 20 minutes.
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Post by the4thpip on Sept 24, 2016 3:45:15 GMT -5
Hey, you should go to the gym quickly while you still have the steroid shot in your system. You're gonna be so PUMPED! ... In other news, I had a slightly disturbing start to my day today, when at 6 am a guy I had not seen before came to the bus stop (it's usually me and the same lady every morning, nobody else up that early), gave out a frightening scream and slid down the side of the bus stop shack in a epileptic seizure. I immediately called an ambulance, put his head on his soft bag and stayed with him (at that point the aforementioned lady showed up and helped by putting herself in charge of looking worried and wringing her hands). The ambulance took only about 6 or 7 minutes to arrive as there was no traffic and the hospital was less than half a mile away. By the time they got here, he was responsive but confused. I had missed my bus, of course, which caused me to miss a connecting train down the road and to arrive half an hour late at work, at the same time as the first clients which made for a very hectic morning. Awesome , pip. You restored my faith in humanity for 20 minutes. I am pretty sure most people would have reacted like I did.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Sept 24, 2016 11:53:16 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. That is bizarre. I had a Skype interview a few years ago with a company based in London, but that was at least real-time with an actual person. Since they could only see me from the chest up, I did it Peter Jennings style: shirt and tie, boxers and bare feet. Didn't get the gig, but it was an interesting experience.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 24, 2016 14:11:00 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. That is bizarre. I had a Skype interview a few years ago with a company based in London, but that was at least real-time with an actual person. Since they could only see me from the chest up, I did it Peter Jennings style: shirt and tie, boxers and bare feet. Didn't get the gig, but it was an interesting experience. I've done Skype interviews as well and had no problem getting through them. Having another person to interact with was key, as it was a back-and-forth conversation, rather than me just talking into a webcam in response to some words on the screen. Whatever. I had another recruiter contact me today regarding another position, so it's not like there are no opportunities out there.
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Post by Spike-X on Sept 24, 2016 18:27:24 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. Now, I hate how I look and I hate seeing myself on video, and when you throw a countdown clock for my response time on top of it, it was as big of a train wreck for me as it sounds. I don't feel like I acquitted myself well at all, but this was my one and only shot to encourage this particular employer to bring me in for a face-to-face interview, so I'm figuring I won't be hearing back from them, which is too bad because I am a good fit for the position and they are located in a good place for me commute-wise. Beyond that, another position that I really like with another company (and for which they seem to have a lot of interest in me) turned out to have a downside, as it isn't seated where I thought it was, which was only 30 minutes from my house and with little traffic, but rather over an hour from my house with two tunnels and massive back-ups each way every day. I can't be too picky at this point, but if I were to be offered this position, I would basically never see my family or be able to help my wife out with anything around the house or getting our kids to activities from Monday through Friday. This is part of the latest, and quite disturbing trend. Not only are robots eliminating many jobs, but they are being incorporated into the interview process. Your recorded interview will be electronically analyzed for body language and voice timbre. Facial ticks will be analysed as well. It's no longer just what's on your resume or what you actually say that counts. The use of this process will eliminate most candidates so a face-to-face final interview will only be held with the barest minimum of candidates. This is the HR version of efficiency. Computers do almost all the work How incredibly dehumanizing.
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Post by Confessor on Sept 25, 2016 0:25:15 GMT -5
This is part of the latest, and quite disturbing trend. Not only are robots eliminating many jobs, but they are being incorporated into the interview process. Your recorded interview will be electronically analyzed for body language and voice timbre. Facial ticks will be analysed as well. It's no longer just what's on your resume or what you actually say that counts. The use of this process will eliminate most candidates so a face-to-face final interview will only be held with the barest minimum of candidates. This is the HR version of efficiency. Computers do almost all the work How incredibly dehumanizing. Welcome to the 21st Century.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 25, 2016 8:34:40 GMT -5
Well it's incredibly efficient to weed out all the unwanted candidates without tying up the salary of a working human. Since outside of up keep and power machines work for free. Thereby allowing saliried humans to be more efficient in finding the best candidate in person. After all companies are out for money ultimately. Morals come second for most.
I think it will be as soon as my/our children dealing with this on a much greater scale that will change the work force drastically.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 8:49:58 GMT -5
Great...only people with great interviewing skills will be hired but still may suck at the job. So if you have good acting skills but are terrible at the job you are interviewing for you will get called but the guy that is nervous but would be awesome at the job gets glossed over. Sounds like it is set up for failure. In my experience the most charming & charismatic people tend to be not that great at their jobs but "coast" because of their charisma.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 25, 2016 17:22:28 GMT -5
Great...only people with great interviewing skills will be hired but still may suck at the job. So if you have good acting skills but are terrible at the job you are interviewing for you will get called but the guy that is nervous but would be awesome at the job gets glossed over. Sounds like it is set up for failure. In my experience the most charming & charismatic people tend to be not that great at their jobs but "coast" because of their charisma. Good point Is it true that pathological liars pass lie detector tests? By that token, folks with super-inflated egos would have an advantage with this interview process.And I'd think folks with super-inflated egos make terrible co-workers or managers
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 17:34:56 GMT -5
Great...only people with great interviewing skills will be hired but still may suck at the job. So if you have good acting skills but are terrible at the job you are interviewing for you will get called but the guy that is nervous but would be awesome at the job gets glossed over. Sounds like it is set up for failure. In my experience the most charming & charismatic people tend to be not that great at their jobs but "coast" because of their charisma. Good point Is it true that pathological liars pass lie detector tests? By that token, folks with super-inflated egos would have an advantage with this interview process.And I'd think folks with super-inflated egos make terrible co-workers or managers They do. I worked for some of them. Couldn't wait to get a transfer or a new job. There is an element of truth in the statement: there are only a few bad jobs but a whole of good jobs made bad by bad bosses/managers.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 25, 2016 20:40:43 GMT -5
Great...only people with great interviewing skills will be hired but still may suck at the job. So if you have good acting skills but are terrible at the job you are interviewing for you will get called but the guy that is nervous but would be awesome at the job gets glossed over. Sounds like it is set up for failure. In my experience the most charming & charismatic people tend to be not that great at their jobs but "coast" because of their charisma. Good point Is it true that pathological liars pass lie detector tests? Not only that. They can be nominated for president by the Republicans.
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Post by impulse on Sept 26, 2016 11:38:32 GMT -5
There's an interesting article that I don't recall the name of off the top of my head, but the gist is people get promoted to their highest level of incompetence. Basically, since the job structure at least in the USA compensates based on title rather than skills, people move up into jobs they aren't a good fit for because they want the things that come with it. Classic example is a sales person who becomes a sales manager. Maybe they don't want the variable pay of commission anymore, or the crazy hours. Since the manager job has a fat salary, relatively 8-5 hours, maybe some perks or bonuses, a sales guy may want to become a manager. The trouble is, being a good salesperson and being a good manager are two entirely different skill sets, and a person who is good at one may be poor at the other. The highest level of incompetence is essentially the position where you aren't good enough to move up any higher, but you aren't quite bad enough at it to get fired, so you stagnate there. The article eventually advocates for incentivizing people within the jobs they are good, so pay for results and skills rather than titles or arbitrary spots on the corporate ladder. If so and so is really good where they are, pay them more to stay there rather than them wanting to move "up" just because. Anyway, I found it fascinating.
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