Job interviews go both ways (2011)

Re:Job interviews go both ways (2011) by rlu on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @07:42PM (#7974196)

Well to be fair, they likely get many more applicants than you have interviews scheduled.

And it's just a pre-screen, right? It's not like you have to make your decision right there and then if you do well in it.

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Re:Job interviews go both ways (2011) by Zelphyr on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @07:52PM (#7974237)

I don't disagree but it seems impersonal at best, rude at worst.

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Re:Job interviews go both ways (2011) by r00fus on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @03:10AM (#7975614)

Even worse (for the hiring team) - it's probably not that effective a filter. You might as well use the "I only hire lucky people" filter [1].

Interviewing needs to be interactive because any decent job requires interaction.

[1] http://cream.hr/blog/why-the-hiring-system-is-failing/

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Re:Job interviews go both ways (2011) by fphhotchips on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @01:58AM (#7975467)

I agree with you. If you can't be bothered asking me the questions in person, I can't be bothered answering them. That's the social contract.

I've already written a cover letter that responds to the points in the ad; if they can't prescreen sufficiently using that then they need to work on their ad.

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