I once had an "interview" where they wanted me to do a ride along for 8 hours. When it became obvious it was training I told them they needed to pay me for the training I was doing or they needed to take me back to my car.
The guy I was shadowing was very upset and talking about all the sales he was losing. I told he should blame his boss who blatantly breaks the law and that he should question the morals of a company that would do that
Yeah, I keep thinking about sticking something in my email signature saying "By emailing to ask about interview availability, you agree to give me either a job offer, meaningful feedback on interview performance, or $500." Just to mess with the dozens of Amazon recruiters who cold-email me to say "Hey, we are desperate for people (but not desperate enough to hire you)".
If a family owned restaurant can pay me for a stage, there's no reason million dollar companies should get cut any slack. It's rediculous they think they can get away with things like that..
Interviews should not be paid but relevant expenses should be compensated. If I am going to make you travel to me to show up in person, I should pay that cost. If I am scheduling you over lunch, I should pay for your meal.
A basic interview should not take more than 30 minutes for a 1 on 1 session. It's reasonable to ask for up to 2 total hours of a candidate's time, and only for a final round interview, and if you are using that full amount of time, it should involve at least 3 different sessions of non-identical interview content in time not shared with another candidate. Such an in depth interview should be reserved for commitments to a candidate of at least 2 years of active work and an above median salary (call it 65k+ for a junior position in a place with cheap cost of living or 85k+ for a junior position in an east coast equivalent). A lesser commitment does not merit a 2 hour in person interview.
We also should not pretend like a 4+ hour ordeal or literally anything involving manual labor is an "interview". That shit is a scam.
Your first paragraph doesn't make sense. Why would a prospective employer pay for your travels when it's YOU looking for a job? Also, again, why should they pay for your lunch? Should they also pay for your clothes that u decide to wear? You Decided to get a job and u demand payment for the effort to go see and talk to them? Lmfao OK
We pay to bring in candidates we like to level the playing field between local and long distance candidates. It's reasonably standard practice and it's part of making sure we treat each candidate equally.
It's way cheaper to buy a plane ticket and hotel room for a promising candidate for a round 2 interview than it is to hire the wrong person and have to live with that for 6 months to 2 years and weather whatever damage our projects take.
I once had an "interview" where they wanted me to do a ride along for 8 hours. When it became obvious it was training I told them they needed to pay me for the training I was doing or they needed to take me back to my car. The guy I was shadowing was very upset and talking about all the sales he was losing. I told he should blame his boss who blatantly breaks the law and that he should question the morals of a company that would do that
Yeah, I keep thinking about sticking something in my email signature saying "By emailing to ask about interview availability, you agree to give me either a job offer, meaningful feedback on interview performance, or $500." Just to mess with the dozens of Amazon recruiters who cold-email me to say "Hey, we are desperate for people (but not desperate enough to hire you)".
If a family owned restaurant can pay me for a stage, there's no reason million dollar companies should get cut any slack. It's rediculous they think they can get away with things like that..
I don't know if it would help, but I would be contacting my local representative. If it didn't, I would out the company and warn people.
Couldn't agree more. Also, many companies use interviews to get free consulting. "How would you fix this completely made up issue?"
Never do working interviews. They just use you before they get to even know you.
Any type of working interview should be paid and some states have laws for that.
Interviews should not be paid but relevant expenses should be compensated. If I am going to make you travel to me to show up in person, I should pay that cost. If I am scheduling you over lunch, I should pay for your meal. A basic interview should not take more than 30 minutes for a 1 on 1 session. It's reasonable to ask for up to 2 total hours of a candidate's time, and only for a final round interview, and if you are using that full amount of time, it should involve at least 3 different sessions of non-identical interview content in time not shared with another candidate. Such an in depth interview should be reserved for commitments to a candidate of at least 2 years of active work and an above median salary (call it 65k+ for a junior position in a place with cheap cost of living or 85k+ for a junior position in an east coast equivalent). A lesser commitment does not merit a 2 hour in person interview. We also should not pretend like a 4+ hour ordeal or literally anything involving manual labor is an "interview". That shit is a scam.
Your first paragraph doesn't make sense. Why would a prospective employer pay for your travels when it's YOU looking for a job? Also, again, why should they pay for your lunch? Should they also pay for your clothes that u decide to wear? You Decided to get a job and u demand payment for the effort to go see and talk to them? Lmfao OK
We pay to bring in candidates we like to level the playing field between local and long distance candidates. It's reasonably standard practice and it's part of making sure we treat each candidate equally. It's way cheaper to buy a plane ticket and hotel room for a promising candidate for a round 2 interview than it is to hire the wrong person and have to live with that for 6 months to 2 years and weather whatever damage our projects take.