I got fired at the end of April, but I've been applying for jobs since February, albeit at a less intense pace than I have been the past month or so. Anyway, I've been pleasantly surprised by the number of interviews I've managed to score even though most of them don't go anywhere. One of these interviews was a "video interview" that was really just me talking to an AI bot. The website was like a real video call but with just you, your camera, and the profile picture of a fake AI person with their fake AI voice. After the mandatory feedback section, I said to get a real human to do these interviews next time and I guess I got an email about it (picrel). I never responded.
It's funny and a bit sad what devilish schemes one has to execute to actually get through to HR/rec after you send a resumé to a company on the local equivalent of Linkedin.
The other month I had to ask the CEO (whose info was on the company's website) via fucking Telegram to give me HR's contact* because they don't seem to even check the applications people submit to THE original (in the country, that is) portal that people look for/offer work on. That company turned out to be a sort of startup quicksell, so it's probably par for the course lol. Still!
Another position's description had precisely 0 (zero) mention of an important requirement (experience with a CRM system) until I phoned the HR, who ON THE CALL added it to the damn thing. "I know the description says "training will be provided", but it will be too busy for us to actually train a new employee as a matta fact, if you wanna kbow the truth about it". Bish, YOU wrote the description!
It also bears reiteration that if the stated salary seems too large for a "no experience required - we'll teach you everything you need!", then it abso-fucking-lutely is BS. "Glad you made it! Starting salary is sqrt(stated salary), but our smartest and hardest-working candidate reached that level in a short 9 months!"... Spare me.
*That said, being proactive in calling your potential workplace and coming over to visit (where applicable) turns out to actually be a pretty sound idea and it came IN FUCKING CLUTCH on Tuesday as I got through to a respectable company that just so happened to have opened up the exact same position as my last one, except with higher pay for less work. .
I don't read them, for any position I hire for. The better option is to send follow up emails and appear engaged.
One candidate I hired sent me an email and asked, "What project would you want done my first year?"
That was the only thing in the email, so I told him and he followed up with steps on how he would accomplish it, that interaction made me look past missed interview questions.
", then it abso-fucking-lutely is BS. "Glad you made it! Starting salary is sqrt(stated salary), but our smartest and hardest-working candidate reached that level in a short 9 months!"... Spare me.
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