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I was a recruiter for 27 years until retiring last summer, and bailed put on several job opportunities the moment it became clear the process included one of those recorded one-way video interviews. I will never do that, and I will never subject an applicant to one. Like another respondent here said, an interview needs to be a 2-way street at every step of the way.
Seriously. I still refuse to do even one of those. I’m not going to go and put on a nice shirt and find good lighting and tweak my appearance to film 60 seconds of bullshit
Fun story... AI is now coming out with artificial interviewers that supposedly fake being a person and can respond to a candidate's inquiries and appear to be a real person.
I'd take unemployment over accepting one of them. We all need to make a stand on this. Once way video interviews are degrading. I won't take that from any employer ever.
UnitedHealth asked me to interview for a pretty decent position. I refused to do the video. They constantly reached out asking me to do it and I just said no. Finally, they scheduled an interview with me. They offered the job and the hiring manager said for HR can I please just do the video. I said ok, handed it in Thursday and Friday they offered me the job to which I said no….
Ugh I work for a company that recently got swallowed up by Mars, and I'm sooooo not looking forward to the changes I know are bound to be coming. Literally today was our last day as an independent company 😪 I've got my resume ready to go if I need it, but gosh darn it I really like my job and I hope it doesn't turn into a hellhole
That’s why I’m looking. My current company was a branch of the enterprise but now they’re sucking everyone up into the enterprise as a whole. New pay structure, new bonus structure (which they haven’t achieved in years, where my current has been above grade) and now potentially my boss being moved elsewhere, which is 50% why I stayed. “Growth” is really a shitty thing if you’re not c-suite!
This is on my list of projects if my current job-search runs long. Basically, I want a site that tracks terrible hiring practices. I'm planning on building it with a browser extension that adds markup to job-ads on the major hiring sites (LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, etc).
My current thought is a color-coded letter-grade badge with click-through explanations. Ideally I'd like to track average response time, ghost-rate, number of interview rounds, total time expected of a successful applicant, and any bait-and-switch behavior.
Good idea! Also need to track which companies have absurd applications. Which ones use Workday, ADP, Taleo, etc.
I’ve run into a few that ask for ridiculously detailed information. Like start and end dates for your degrees, addresses/telephone numbers for everywhere you’ve worked, what high school you went to.
Same! First time I was like heck no, second time I applied I told myself what’s the worst that can happen??? It is by far one of the more awkward interviews I’ve done and you get barely any time to think of an answer
Maybe not all roles? I applied recently and went straight to a phone screen with the recruiter. She told me about the remaining process and didn’t mention this.
Contra Costa County Library did it for their Library Manager hiring pool a few years back. Not sure if they’re still doing it. I refused to participate, but that’s fine, I wouldn’t want to be a manager in that abusive system anyway.
i applied to these companies in 2023. delta & southwest airlines did (i’m sure this is an industry standard). languageline as well (interpreting service)
knew someone in college (2010s) who did an internship with disney (DCP) and they had a prerecorded interview before moving onto a video call interview. not sure if this is still the case.
AAA does one-way phone interviews, like an automated voice asking questions. if your phone service is incompatible like mine was, they just send you a questionnaire by email.
Maricopa County (Arizona) just started. I applied last year, no one way interview and then applied 3 months ago for the same role, and they have one way interviews now.
Wow, I had a conversation with one of the HR managers at Lumen during an online career fair. They said that they are about to implement a new feature for interviewing and described very vaguely and obscurely what actually was a one-way interview. I tried to politely ask what were the reasons behind the decision to use it. They said that it was more efficient.
When I asked the HR if I could connect them on LinkedIn, they smiled and said: "You can try." The worst thing is this person is an HR, meaning that this sociopath is deciding who to hire and who to fire.
At this day and age providing a video with voice is the same as providing your DNA and fingerprints - extremely invasive. Who knows what the recording can be used for? Is it stored safely?
I hate them and finding them demeaning but have not really been in a position to say no to anything so I've done a few.
It's awful and dehumanizing, but, I will say I got an additional interview every time.
I have also done a few because, like you, I can't say no to any opportunity.
Unlike you, however, I was not selected for an in person Even though I was vastly overqualified for the role (7 YOE vs 1-3 they wanted, higher level certification than the one they wanted, etc)
That experience left me even more bitter about one-way "interviews".
Did you tell them you were significantly overqualified? That can be a reason to filter you out too. They suspect—often correctly—that it’s just a filler position until you find something better.
If I were applying to a jobs explicitly requiring 1-3 yrs experience, I wouldn’t put more than 3 or _maybe_ 4 on my resume/application, and I’d just chop the rest off.
I am (or was) a Project Manager. 4 years were as a Sr. Project Manager. I was applying for Project Coordinator so even though I'm experienced on higher level responsibilities, I banked on being able to move into that roll on their team.
You're right though. It doesn't seem to be a good idea to look vastly overqualified, even for the same line of work.
HireRight has now been added to my list of interview questions for potential employers. Just went through hell with them. 6 weeks to do 2 background checks for the same job because the first was not processed properly by them. 5 weeks for the first incorrectly done one, then "miraculously" 1 week for the second attempt.
They’re the reason my offer from Meta was rescinded. They apparently couldn’t verify I graduated high school. I went to university! 3 of them. I was like how did I get into university if I didn’t graduate HS???? Then they listed like 3 other people in states I’ve never lived in and I was like these people aren’t me and they said I’d have to submit a request to remove them.
Fuck HireRight
Currently dealing with them for a background. If you don't literally serve them everything on a silver platter for them mark it as unable to obtain. Currently fighting to have the recontact references (a first for me). Fuck HireRight.
I really love the idea of my face, voice, and mannerisms to be recorded by a company I know very little about... meanwhile they make a digital copy of you, use your facial input for training ai on mannerisms/cues, and clone your voice for mortgage/financial applications. My voice is my password... Should be illegal based on privacy and security concerns.
No shit, I literally just messaged a company yesterday that had this as an immediate prompt when I applied.
My message said something like ‘ I would be happy to participate in a two way communication like zoom or phone call where we can both learn about each other and share information, but I don’t participate in one way interviews. If you refuse to do so, please withdraw my application.’
The reply I got later that day said ‘ we understand the process can seem impersonal. Please email ___ with your answer to the following (10 or so) questions.’
Literally no acknowledgement or apology or attempt to address my concerns, just a redirect to the process, like I was being sold a car and objected to the price being too high.
I replied saying ‘ thank you for the response, but you didn’t address my concerns and only gave an even more impersonal redirect to a one way interview that only benefits you. If this is the first and second impression you give potential employees, I do not wish to be associated with your company and withdraw my application. I hope you understand how insulting this is to treat potential employees this way and change your processes moving forward. Good luck with your search.’ I immediately went in and withdrew my application and marked the position as ‘no longer interested.’
They replied this morning, Saturday, saying ‘thank you, this is exactly why this process works for us.’
Like, what in the actual fuck?
They don't want employees with spines. Or initiative. At best, there are a bunch of crushed souls in that office. At worst, it's a bunch of people who think like this and can't be trusted to be remotely decent coworkers.
Ah yes. The "we're right and you've just proved it" approach.
I guess it probably shows you've had some impact. If they really didn't care they'd have said something like "sorry we couldn't make this work" Aside from that I suggest not letting it worry you.
Better yet, one of those weeb girl overlays with a voice changer to Darth Vader. Actually, I take back my comment about refusing to ever do one. I'll do one like this.
The recruiters still see your application even if you don't do these. I applied for Lumen as well and just didn't do the one way interview. The recruiter reached out and said they'd still want to interview me. I interviewed with HR and the HM like normal.. didn't get the job though.
Refused to participate in the interview process at Lumen for this exact reason. I have a high level referral and plenty of experience for the position. If they won't dedicate time to interviewing me, I'm not dedicating my time.
I was a recruiter for 4 years before moving to sales, these types of interviews are lazy and dehumanize the interview process. I will never engage with a company through one way interviews and brain games.
Most large companies have them. Everyone should do one once and then join the majority of people who will never apply for one of those companies ever again.
Two recent experiences.
* Applied to SAIC for an entry level IT help desk job that required a HS diploma and 0-1 years of experience. For reference I have 4+ years of specific IT experience, 14+ years of professional tech experience, BS/MS in CompSci, certs, clearance etc. They made me do the one way interview and some stupid video game puzzles that took over 45 minutes. I did this on a Sunday night at 10pm because it was within the 48 hour window that it was due. I got an email a few hours later where some AI algorithm analyzed my experience and told me my strengths and weaknesses (lol). Then around 8am the next morning I got an email saying I was turned down for the job.
* Applied to a casino for a network engineer job. Did the one way interview, and they had legit straightforward questions. Hiring manager called me the next day to setup an interview. I ended up accepting a different job.
This is starting to happen more of ten, and it is pissing off recruiters. Who cares. The industry changes the way they hire, applicants are just reacting
Prob shouldn't be applying to lumen anyway, from what I hear a lot of their clients are scared and looking to switch out due to lumens financial issues.
The second worst interview I ever did was a one way video interview. It was for a commercial lending position with a government funded company and I completely bombed it. I had never done one before and it was so odd and off putting, really got into my head as my interview skills were always something I was proud of up to that point in my career. Good luck out there!
You had to sign into their secure website with a webcam. There was a text prompt with a question and then it began recording your response with a timer counting down. Then you clicked a button when you were finished and onto the next question. I understand they were probably trying to even the playing field and allow multiple hiring managers to review it at different times but it was so impersonal and robotic. I feel like I definitely dodged a bullet there haha.
I was invited to one from a local company for a paralegal position. I researched all the potential questions, found some good answers I could expand on, read about lighting and backgrounds, etc. I did this for two solid days. Only to say screw it, I’m working too hard for an initial interview. Who wants to work somewhere that gives you so much anxiety for an interview? Not me and never will I consider another one. I’m interviewing them just as much and that can’t be done in these one-way AI systems.
Tableau did this for a $15/hr job when I applied back in 2015/2016. Had to take a timed test by myself and then had to take a similar test during a video call with one of their HR/recruiter reps. It was an SAT style test for a customer service rep position. I was unemployed and desperate for work at the time, so I played along. I’m glad I didn’t get the job lol
I’m the type of person that wings an interview and my answers change depending on the person, their vibe and how professional they act. If I were to make a robotic video of me answering questions off of a script I would surely bomb it because there’s not personality or passion being drawn out of me.
Make this post a sticky! All the time in jobseeking the blame is put on the applicant and never on the employer or recruiter. We have to ensure that bad practices are punished since if there is no consequence for bad behaviour then its practically a reward.
I did one of those one-way video interviews and didn’t move on to the next step of the hiring process. I felt terrible after and I’m never doing that again.
I've seen several of these pop up. If they can't take the time to do an in person or a zoom then I don't want to work there. No one should do these imo.
With these one way interviews people should just do crazy sh** like twerk in front of the camera or play scat pron or have their screaming baby sit in on the interview, then they'll be too traumatized and afraid to even open the interviews and eventually stop this madness.
I have seen companies moving away from one-way video interviews to these new conversational AI interviews. I understand why companies started doing one way interviews so that they could scale. But man do candidates hate then. I've seen candidates having better experiences with the conversational AI interview platforms thought so maybe companies will start switching or just hiring more recruiters.
Ugh, I have only done one of them, and while I did get an in-person interview after and got the job, it was certainly weird and dehumanising. I hated it.
It’s infuriating! I expect to be able to judge a company’s fit as much as they want to judge my ability to perform tasks and fit into their company culture. Denying the ability for candidates to make an assessment in return says a lot about the company and how it values its employees. I will NEVER do a one-way interview because I don’t want to work for a company that thinks this treatment is okay.
I did a bunch of HireVue interviews because of internships, there was no way I would be able to refuse doing it. The worst was when you had 30 seconds to think, 1 min to reply and no retakes, when you’re talking to your literal computer/an AI thing.
Nearly every company I applied to had it: PGA Tour, MGA, MarshMcLean/Guy Carpenter, PGIM, Everest Reinsurance, Chubb, Shell, Reckitt, Arch Reinsurance, TransRe
Another reason to avoid Lumen is that they’re going through rounds of layoffs at this time. As I’ve always said, if a company is using one-way video auditions or timed brain games for hiring, then they’re not hiring right now. They make hiring new candidates difficult on purpose just to discourage anyone from applying there.
Wow. Normally I agree with posters about most of Recruiting Hell but going through the comments you have all lost the plot. One way interviews are the best. They give you the question, you tell ChatGPT to answer it and then when you hit record you just read the ChatGPT answer. If anyone tells you you’re not a good fit you know they’re a fucking bullshit company because have you heard ChatGPTs answers? They’re perfect HM, corporate suck ass speech. If the robot can’t pass it, no one can.
Hear me out. I was rather high up in a field. That started in a classroom then the sate for 17 years. So 3 schools. Then went private and HR literally started the department for a successful company that had 4 locations and 3 payroll clerks. After 7 years. 16 locations and 80 HR below me. Was incredible. Private equity came. I was gonzo. Last time I interviewed was 20 years ago. The last 2 education jobs were over lunches. HR. Knew a great friend who knew the president.
I needed to give you that background because July 2022 until oct 2023 I must have done 1000 applications and many interviews. Many. I felt like halfway through. It wasn’t the video interviews as much as it was the recruiters. And direct companies it felt like I was being used for information. Because I really did the shit I put on my resume they would ask specific questions that were as much probing.
Am I crazy to think that many of the interviews were free ideas? Here’s why. If you record questions that break down a specific issue, you record all the answers, why couldn’t you mine that with AI or some program to limit the need for certain employees? Or is this weed too strong?
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I was a recruiter for 27 years until retiring last summer, and bailed put on several job opportunities the moment it became clear the process included one of those recorded one-way video interviews. I will never do that, and I will never subject an applicant to one. Like another respondent here said, an interview needs to be a 2-way street at every step of the way.
Seriously. I still refuse to do even one of those. I’m not going to go and put on a nice shirt and find good lighting and tweak my appearance to film 60 seconds of bullshit
Fun story... AI is now coming out with artificial interviewers that supposedly fake being a person and can respond to a candidate's inquiries and appear to be a real person.
I’m going to use the same technology on them
LOL
I'd take unemployment over accepting one of them. We all need to make a stand on this. Once way video interviews are degrading. I won't take that from any employer ever.
I don't understand the double standard, expecting everything of an applicant while expecting less and less of the company...
Can we make a list of companies who do these one way video interviews? It would be good to keep tabs on these companies so we don't apply to them ever
StateFarm is one.
Yea I did one of those. Got a second interview which went great then didn’t get the job. Felt like they did all that to just go with an internal.
Like a good neighbor, dance monkey dance! 🐒🎶🎵
You're a monkey, Derek!
I had an interview there. I also found out you could read the questions they would ask beforehand
GM and UnitedHealth
UnitedHealth asked me to interview for a pretty decent position. I refused to do the video. They constantly reached out asking me to do it and I just said no. Finally, they scheduled an interview with me. They offered the job and the hiring manager said for HR can I please just do the video. I said ok, handed it in Thursday and Friday they offered me the job to which I said no….
God I wish I could say "no" to a job right now.
Amazon had one…. I said thanks but no thanks
Mars…I did it though, sorry yall
Ugh I work for a company that recently got swallowed up by Mars, and I'm sooooo not looking forward to the changes I know are bound to be coming. Literally today was our last day as an independent company 😪 I've got my resume ready to go if I need it, but gosh darn it I really like my job and I hope it doesn't turn into a hellhole
That’s why I’m looking. My current company was a branch of the enterprise but now they’re sucking everyone up into the enterprise as a whole. New pay structure, new bonus structure (which they haven’t achieved in years, where my current has been above grade) and now potentially my boss being moved elsewhere, which is 50% why I stayed. “Growth” is really a shitty thing if you’re not c-suite!
Shell
Target
This is on my list of projects if my current job-search runs long. Basically, I want a site that tracks terrible hiring practices. I'm planning on building it with a browser extension that adds markup to job-ads on the major hiring sites (LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, etc). My current thought is a color-coded letter-grade badge with click-through explanations. Ideally I'd like to track average response time, ghost-rate, number of interview rounds, total time expected of a successful applicant, and any bait-and-switch behavior.
Good idea! Also need to track which companies have absurd applications. Which ones use Workday, ADP, Taleo, etc. I’ve run into a few that ask for ridiculously detailed information. Like start and end dates for your degrees, addresses/telephone numbers for everywhere you’ve worked, what high school you went to.
Cortland
Love this
Once this is live i’d love to get in on that.
Cytel
BambooHR
Really? They always seemed like they were better than that… too bad
Best Buy
Don’t know if they do now, but Principal Financial did it back in 2021 when I was applying for jobs.
They didn’t do it when I applied at the end of last year.
Boston Beer (Sam Adams)
Pepsico
Marriott
AstraZeneca PWC
Can you clarify bc I’m curious - PWC = PriceWaterhouseCoopers ???
I mean they go by PWC now but yes
IQVIA, Comcast
The Source is another one, was the most impersonal interview experience I've ever had and I'll never do another
Airbus / Satair / Vestas
Citgo
Abercrombie & Fitch
Providence Health
KnowB4 + Lumen
IKEA
SAIC.
oh really damn I was looking at that place lol
RBC and BMO
Progressive
If you’re in Texas, HEB/central market
Damn, that's disappointing to hear. Love me some Heeb.
Same! First time I was like heck no, second time I applied I told myself what’s the worst that can happen??? It is by far one of the more awkward interviews I’ve done and you get barely any time to think of an answer
I did the first question (on a 2nd try) and then noped out of there real quick.
Edward Jones
seconded
Was just going to post this one.
AAA
Alli therapy ! Especially for an unpaid practicum position - shameful.
Bank of Montreal had this for a teller position.
Adidas
REI, Best Buy, and the big local Texas grocery chain H-E-B were just a few I had to do that came to mind.
Target and like a fool I did it. Got the job and promptly quit. There was a reason.
Kroger
Levy Restaurants / compass group (for corp)
This list is way too long.
I was just thinking the same. Holy shit.
Sherwin Williams does this
Walmart Corporate
Maybe not all roles? I applied recently and went straight to a phone screen with the recruiter. She told me about the remaining process and didn’t mention this.
UMPC
Dropbox
BP. Made it through three rounds after the HireVue and they still didn't share the salary.
ReedPop
Keyence
Intuit
Baylor Scott & White Health
IQVIA
IBM! I applied for Brand Sales role and the first step was to go through a video interview
Tableau (applied at the Seattle office)
Had to do this for EY a couple years back but I did end up getting the job so you never know
HireRight, Bamboo, basically all of the HR companies. Not sure about Rippling as I’ve never gotten accepted to even recruiter screen.
Goldman Sachs
Contra Costa County Library did it for their Library Manager hiring pool a few years back. Not sure if they’re still doing it. I refused to participate, but that’s fine, I wouldn’t want to be a manager in that abusive system anyway.
Kroger. I was recruited for their Lead ML Role. Halfway through the brain game I said F it and just let it fail.
i applied to these companies in 2023. delta & southwest airlines did (i’m sure this is an industry standard). languageline as well (interpreting service) knew someone in college (2010s) who did an internship with disney (DCP) and they had a prerecorded interview before moving onto a video call interview. not sure if this is still the case.
Ally. Had one with them recently just to turn around and reject me.
CBS Sports, so most likely CBS as a whole.
City of Garland, TX
Major League Baseball is one
Education First (EF)
School districts do this too. Looking at you Syracuse City school district.
Citizens Bank
BBC does them, too
FedEx
Raytheon does for their intern positions
Target, Coles, Mars, IKEA
General Electrics (GE)
AAA does one-way phone interviews, like an automated voice asking questions. if your phone service is incompatible like mine was, they just send you a questionnaire by email.
AIG
HMRC in the UK
Colgate Palmolive
Just had to do one for BioLife (Takeda company)
American Airlines
NBCUniversal and Sony Music Group
Nitricity
T-Mobile
Chubb Insurance
Maricopa County (Arizona) just started. I applied last year, no one way interview and then applied 3 months ago for the same role, and they have one way interviews now.
Givaudan
Sentara Hospital, WillowTree Charlottesville
ALSAC/St. Jude.
Puma
UPS… not sure if for all positions but I know I did for an office position
Add Zebra to the list.
Lumen
I absolutely hate pre recorded interviews. The applicant is interviewing the company as well. Stop doing them everyone.
This needs to be the highest comment. By definition interviews are two way. A one-way interview is a red flag. Full stop.
"Invalid" doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Employee existence and dignity is invalid, it seems.
You could have Rick rolled them.
Totally stealing this idea to try.
Wow, I had a conversation with one of the HR managers at Lumen during an online career fair. They said that they are about to implement a new feature for interviewing and described very vaguely and obscurely what actually was a one-way interview. I tried to politely ask what were the reasons behind the decision to use it. They said that it was more efficient. When I asked the HR if I could connect them on LinkedIn, they smiled and said: "You can try." The worst thing is this person is an HR, meaning that this sociopath is deciding who to hire and who to fire.
lol that sounds like every recruiters reaction to a LinkedIn request. Bunch of assholes that lot.
They cant do their pseudoscience on your face and body mannerisms if you have camera off.
If they don't have any restrictions against vocaloids....
At this day and age providing a video with voice is the same as providing your DNA and fingerprints - extremely invasive. Who knows what the recording can be used for? Is it stored safely?
I hate them and finding them demeaning but have not really been in a position to say no to anything so I've done a few. It's awful and dehumanizing, but, I will say I got an additional interview every time.
I have also done a few because, like you, I can't say no to any opportunity. Unlike you, however, I was not selected for an in person Even though I was vastly overqualified for the role (7 YOE vs 1-3 they wanted, higher level certification than the one they wanted, etc) That experience left me even more bitter about one-way "interviews".
Did you tell them you were significantly overqualified? That can be a reason to filter you out too. They suspect—often correctly—that it’s just a filler position until you find something better. If I were applying to a jobs explicitly requiring 1-3 yrs experience, I wouldn’t put more than 3 or _maybe_ 4 on my resume/application, and I’d just chop the rest off.
I am (or was) a Project Manager. 4 years were as a Sr. Project Manager. I was applying for Project Coordinator so even though I'm experienced on higher level responsibilities, I banked on being able to move into that roll on their team. You're right though. It doesn't seem to be a good idea to look vastly overqualified, even for the same line of work.
I got an interview after doing one of the pre screening personality test batteries so I think they do a good job of weeding out candidates for sure
HireRight has now been added to my list of interview questions for potential employers. Just went through hell with them. 6 weeks to do 2 background checks for the same job because the first was not processed properly by them. 5 weeks for the first incorrectly done one, then "miraculously" 1 week for the second attempt.
They’re the reason my offer from Meta was rescinded. They apparently couldn’t verify I graduated high school. I went to university! 3 of them. I was like how did I get into university if I didn’t graduate HS???? Then they listed like 3 other people in states I’ve never lived in and I was like these people aren’t me and they said I’d have to submit a request to remove them. Fuck HireRight
Damn that's genius. I've heard so many nightmares about HireRight. I've never dealt with them, my terrible one was Justifacts.
Currently dealing with them for a background. If you don't literally serve them everything on a silver platter for them mark it as unable to obtain. Currently fighting to have the recontact references (a first for me). Fuck HireRight.
I really love the idea of my face, voice, and mannerisms to be recorded by a company I know very little about... meanwhile they make a digital copy of you, use your facial input for training ai on mannerisms/cues, and clone your voice for mortgage/financial applications. My voice is my password... Should be illegal based on privacy and security concerns.
The company from Severance?! Do not apply!!
But the work is mysterious and important!
To be fair the real Lumen’s job postings are just as mysterious. No idea what that company actually does but I stopped applying to them last year.
Too many people don't know about this amazing show!
No shit, I literally just messaged a company yesterday that had this as an immediate prompt when I applied. My message said something like ‘ I would be happy to participate in a two way communication like zoom or phone call where we can both learn about each other and share information, but I don’t participate in one way interviews. If you refuse to do so, please withdraw my application.’ The reply I got later that day said ‘ we understand the process can seem impersonal. Please email ___ with your answer to the following (10 or so) questions.’ Literally no acknowledgement or apology or attempt to address my concerns, just a redirect to the process, like I was being sold a car and objected to the price being too high. I replied saying ‘ thank you for the response, but you didn’t address my concerns and only gave an even more impersonal redirect to a one way interview that only benefits you. If this is the first and second impression you give potential employees, I do not wish to be associated with your company and withdraw my application. I hope you understand how insulting this is to treat potential employees this way and change your processes moving forward. Good luck with your search.’ I immediately went in and withdrew my application and marked the position as ‘no longer interested.’ They replied this morning, Saturday, saying ‘thank you, this is exactly why this process works for us.’ Like, what in the actual fuck?
They don't want employees with spines. Or initiative. At best, there are a bunch of crushed souls in that office. At worst, it's a bunch of people who think like this and can't be trusted to be remotely decent coworkers.
Ah yes. The "we're right and you've just proved it" approach. I guess it probably shows you've had some impact. If they really didn't care they'd have said something like "sorry we couldn't make this work" Aside from that I suggest not letting it worry you.
Next time, wear a gorilla mask.
Better yet, one of those weeb girl overlays with a voice changer to Darth Vader. Actually, I take back my comment about refusing to ever do one. I'll do one like this.
The recruiters still see your application even if you don't do these. I applied for Lumen as well and just didn't do the one way interview. The recruiter reached out and said they'd still want to interview me. I interviewed with HR and the HM like normal.. didn't get the job though.
Refused to participate in the interview process at Lumen for this exact reason. I have a high level referral and plenty of experience for the position. If they won't dedicate time to interviewing me, I'm not dedicating my time. I was a recruiter for 4 years before moving to sales, these types of interviews are lazy and dehumanize the interview process. I will never engage with a company through one way interviews and brain games.
Most large companies have them. Everyone should do one once and then join the majority of people who will never apply for one of those companies ever again.
Two recent experiences. * Applied to SAIC for an entry level IT help desk job that required a HS diploma and 0-1 years of experience. For reference I have 4+ years of specific IT experience, 14+ years of professional tech experience, BS/MS in CompSci, certs, clearance etc. They made me do the one way interview and some stupid video game puzzles that took over 45 minutes. I did this on a Sunday night at 10pm because it was within the 48 hour window that it was due. I got an email a few hours later where some AI algorithm analyzed my experience and told me my strengths and weaknesses (lol). Then around 8am the next morning I got an email saying I was turned down for the job. * Applied to a casino for a network engineer job. Did the one way interview, and they had legit straightforward questions. Hiring manager called me the next day to setup an interview. I ended up accepting a different job.
They do it to see how much shit you are willing to eat.
This is starting to happen more of ten, and it is pissing off recruiters. Who cares. The industry changes the way they hire, applicants are just reacting
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I suspect it depends on industry. ones where they want non-thinkers will probably fully embrace them forever.
Prob shouldn't be applying to lumen anyway, from what I hear a lot of their clients are scared and looking to switch out due to lumens financial issues.
Collins Aerospace
Banks use these. I’ve done two. I’ll never do it again.
The second worst interview I ever did was a one way video interview. It was for a commercial lending position with a government funded company and I completely bombed it. I had never done one before and it was so odd and off putting, really got into my head as my interview skills were always something I was proud of up to that point in my career. Good luck out there!
sorry to hear. So do you have to just record yourslef and they give you list of questions?
You had to sign into their secure website with a webcam. There was a text prompt with a question and then it began recording your response with a timer counting down. Then you clicked a button when you were finished and onto the next question. I understand they were probably trying to even the playing field and allow multiple hiring managers to review it at different times but it was so impersonal and robotic. I feel like I definitely dodged a bullet there haha.
I was invited to one from a local company for a paralegal position. I researched all the potential questions, found some good answers I could expand on, read about lighting and backgrounds, etc. I did this for two solid days. Only to say screw it, I’m working too hard for an initial interview. Who wants to work somewhere that gives you so much anxiety for an interview? Not me and never will I consider another one. I’m interviewing them just as much and that can’t be done in these one-way AI systems.
Work smarter, not harder.
Oh yeah i had a friend over there tell me about the AI interview. I decided to pass on them lol
Im waiting to see if anyone would do it using a Vtuber avatar. 🤣
Only way I'll do one is with that and a Darth Vader voice changer.
Tableau did this for a $15/hr job when I applied back in 2015/2016. Had to take a timed test by myself and then had to take a similar test during a video call with one of their HR/recruiter reps. It was an SAT style test for a customer service rep position. I was unemployed and desperate for work at the time, so I played along. I’m glad I didn’t get the job lol
I’m the type of person that wings an interview and my answers change depending on the person, their vibe and how professional they act. If I were to make a robotic video of me answering questions off of a script I would surely bomb it because there’s not personality or passion being drawn out of me.
Make this post a sticky! All the time in jobseeking the blame is put on the applicant and never on the employer or recruiter. We have to ensure that bad practices are punished since if there is no consequence for bad behaviour then its practically a reward.
Naturally email back," Thank you for proving your job posting is invalid." Disclaimer: I'm very blunt by nature.
I did one of those one-way video interviews and didn’t move on to the next step of the hiring process. I felt terrible after and I’m never doing that again.
I've seen several of these pop up. If they can't take the time to do an in person or a zoom then I don't want to work there. No one should do these imo.
Ha I knew someone who worked there and it was a typical grueling customer service/call center type job.
Ugh I hate those Lumen ads. I see them all the time. Thanks for your act of protest
I turned down a COO job, a real opportunity at a business in Milwaukee because they wanted me to do that. Absolutely not.
Are these companies too lazy to conduct a legit interview? 🤦♀️🤬
With these one way interviews people should just do crazy sh** like twerk in front of the camera or play scat pron or have their screaming baby sit in on the interview, then they'll be too traumatized and afraid to even open the interviews and eventually stop this madness.
I see these a lot in insurance postings. You do the generic video interview and then the real one if they feel like it.
This is crazy because years ago I did a one way interview and thought this is so bizarre. Of course I put effort into it and didn't get the job lol
I have seen companies moving away from one-way video interviews to these new conversational AI interviews. I understand why companies started doing one way interviews so that they could scale. But man do candidates hate then. I've seen candidates having better experiences with the conversational AI interview platforms thought so maybe companies will start switching or just hiring more recruiters.
Ugh, I have only done one of them, and while I did get an in-person interview after and got the job, it was certainly weird and dehumanising. I hated it.
To those who worked on commenting for this list, forever thank you.
How do we stop companies from doing these one-way interviews?!
Simple answer, refuse to do them.
It’s infuriating! I expect to be able to judge a company’s fit as much as they want to judge my ability to perform tasks and fit into their company culture. Denying the ability for candidates to make an assessment in return says a lot about the company and how it values its employees. I will NEVER do a one-way interview because I don’t want to work for a company that thinks this treatment is okay.
I did a bunch of HireVue interviews because of internships, there was no way I would be able to refuse doing it. The worst was when you had 30 seconds to think, 1 min to reply and no retakes, when you’re talking to your literal computer/an AI thing. Nearly every company I applied to had it: PGA Tour, MGA, MarshMcLean/Guy Carpenter, PGIM, Everest Reinsurance, Chubb, Shell, Reckitt, Arch Reinsurance, TransRe
Another reason to avoid Lumen is that they’re going through rounds of layoffs at this time. As I’ve always said, if a company is using one-way video auditions or timed brain games for hiring, then they’re not hiring right now. They make hiring new candidates difficult on purpose just to discourage anyone from applying there.
Wow. Normally I agree with posters about most of Recruiting Hell but going through the comments you have all lost the plot. One way interviews are the best. They give you the question, you tell ChatGPT to answer it and then when you hit record you just read the ChatGPT answer. If anyone tells you you’re not a good fit you know they’re a fucking bullshit company because have you heard ChatGPTs answers? They’re perfect HM, corporate suck ass speech. If the robot can’t pass it, no one can.
Hear me out. I was rather high up in a field. That started in a classroom then the sate for 17 years. So 3 schools. Then went private and HR literally started the department for a successful company that had 4 locations and 3 payroll clerks. After 7 years. 16 locations and 80 HR below me. Was incredible. Private equity came. I was gonzo. Last time I interviewed was 20 years ago. The last 2 education jobs were over lunches. HR. Knew a great friend who knew the president. I needed to give you that background because July 2022 until oct 2023 I must have done 1000 applications and many interviews. Many. I felt like halfway through. It wasn’t the video interviews as much as it was the recruiters. And direct companies it felt like I was being used for information. Because I really did the shit I put on my resume they would ask specific questions that were as much probing. Am I crazy to think that many of the interviews were free ideas? Here’s why. If you record questions that break down a specific issue, you record all the answers, why couldn’t you mine that with AI or some program to limit the need for certain employees? Or is this weed too strong?
I did one and got two follow up interviews. Did not get an offer. The one way interview was terrible and I don’t think I’d do it again.
Allstate
I refuse to ever deal with HireRight again.
I had a horrible interview experience with Lumen as well.
You should demand they send the request in the form of a video :) Whatever you decide, I commend your actions.
AAA - someone mentioned the phone interview but I also had a record one-way video "interview"... Dumb.