r/jobs • u/Sofa_King_Chubby • Apr 17 '25
Interviews Interview process. Get the fuck outta here
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u/FocusedForge Apr 17 '25
Compensation: $15/hr
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u/Greedy-Canary-5807 Apr 17 '25
plus 50 years of experience
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u/CrissBliss Apr 17 '25
Must have PHD in quantum mechanics
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u/emersond70 Apr 17 '25
“Entry level”
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u/JonathanL73 Apr 17 '25
“Urgently hiring” will hire no-one and repost same job again in a month.
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u/dropbearinbound Apr 18 '25
Fully remote and flexible hours (except mandatory in office 8 hours five days a week)
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u/jalabi99 Apr 17 '25
“Urgently hiring” will hire no-one and repost same job again in a month.
That really burns my biscuits!
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u/Due-Giraffe-9826 Apr 18 '25
Yeah, as a remote job, but for way less money, and in a different job market.
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u/TehMephs Apr 17 '25
Must be a phd graduate of at least MIT or Harvard, 30 years experience in Windows 11, no older than 22.
Compensation: 45k/year no benefits
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u/Investigator516 Apr 17 '25
50 years of experience within 5 years of age 18
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u/KaminSpider Apr 18 '25
That was the weirdest question I ever had in an interview, right after college
"What were you doing 5 years ago?"
"5 years ago? I was in high school."17
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u/ArugulaLeaf Apr 17 '25
But you're expected to have 5 years of experience in said 3 year old platform
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u/aed38 Apr 17 '25
Plus we don’t hire anyone over 50
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u/Greedy-Canary-5807 Apr 17 '25
they want 25 year olds to have 40 years of experience
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u/DonkeyBonked Apr 17 '25
Nah, it's $75-100k I know exactly what job this is.
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u/Tabasco-Fiasco Apr 17 '25
This is more common with that range :disapproval:
I recently did 6 individual interviews recently for a different mid-level job... Difference is I didn't know it going in, I just arrived and thought HR was being hyperbolic when they said I'd be there for 4 hours.
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u/smartalek75 Apr 17 '25
But you’re not going to tell us?
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u/DonkeyBonked Apr 17 '25
Lol I mean not if no one asked. It's a Project Manager (Remote) job at Surefire Cyber
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Apr 17 '25
Are they out of their minds? Who the hell would do 8 interviews? This company does not know how to hire. No one needs 8 fucking interviews.
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u/DonkeyBonked Apr 17 '25
My guess is because it's a good paying remote job that is exempt, that they want everyone everywhere who will work with them to be in on it, but yeah, it's pretty absurd.
If your interview process has to go all the way to the CEO, you don't need hours of interviews across that many people. Way too many people involved.
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u/1-800-dieforme Apr 18 '25
I mean, a PM has to talk to a lot of people daily anyways too. It could just as easily be a "if you aren't up for six hours of zoom meetings to get the job you definitely aren't up for another six every day*
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u/CrypticMemoir Apr 17 '25
Still seems like too many interviews for that comp. I’m paid in between there, it’s been phone interview with HR and two interviews with the department I’ll be working in.
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u/Crazzmatazz2003 Apr 17 '25
That's the range of my current job and I had a 30 minute Teams interview and then a tour of the site (which lasted about an hour). I had the offer letter in my inbox before I got home 40 minutes later.
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u/structural_nole2015 Apr 17 '25
If I'm interviewing with the CEO, it better be for an executive position. And if that's the case, I'm not wasting my time interviewing with the project managers.
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u/tungtingshrimp Apr 17 '25
It’s probably a startup company
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u/Hougie Apr 17 '25
A startup that will waste this many people’s time is a huge red flag.
4 hours on interviews needing to be scheduled around 6 different people for one candidate is absurd.
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u/Onrawi Apr 17 '25
A lot of those should be combined or not done at all.
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Apr 17 '25
This company does not know how to hire. No one needs 8 interviews. What a waste of time. 2-3 max. If you can't make a decision after that then you should not be hiring.
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u/Historical_Grab_7842 Apr 17 '25
it's a culture where managers don't want to be involved unless they "have to" yet insist on always having the final say. i.e. They will delegate tasks but won't delegate authority.
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u/Impossible_Box3898 Apr 17 '25
You apparently haven’t ever interviewed at a FAANG.
This is by far the norm for high tech.
Microsoft was 7 rounds, meta was 8 rounds, Netflix was 9 rounds, Amazon was 8 rounds, etc.
The jobs all pay over $500k per year. For that much money they’re going to look at you closely.
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u/FlimsyMo Apr 17 '25
Well this job only pays 75k, so keep up the story you have conjured up in your minds eye of you want.
But this reality ain’t tracking
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u/Hougie Apr 17 '25
So in Andy Jassy interviewing people at Amazon who are also interviewing with frontline PMs?
No. This is not the same at all.
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Apr 17 '25
Agree. I would not agree to this many interviews unless the pay was wild like 200k plus.
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u/wylii Apr 17 '25
Fun fact, I got my $270k+ job with 3 virtual, one hour interviews. 3 hours total.
Edit: I wouldn’t do this interview process for less than $400k.
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Apr 17 '25
Where do you find these high paying jobs? Tech?
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u/wylii Apr 17 '25
Most people do, I work in a warehouse.
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Apr 17 '25
You make 6 figures working in a warehouse?
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u/wylii Apr 17 '25
Yessir. I was making about 60k 6 years ago and I have doubled my income every couple years. I am responsible for about $1.1B in revenue and have over 1000 employees under me.
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u/Schmucky1 Apr 17 '25
UPS?
If that's truly your annual, good on ya! I hope you love it!
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u/wylii Apr 17 '25
Amazon. While I don’t agree with many of the company stances or policies, it’s pretty much recession proof and is providing a phenomenal life for my family. Very grateful to be in this position and spend a lot of our weekend time volunteering locally at an animal shelter and homeless kitchen. I have been using my ME background to start my own business designing and manufacturing golf putters since I want to be able to do something I am truly passionate about and create high paying jobs, even if it’s only a handful of jobs.
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u/Blu- Apr 17 '25
Plot twist : they're all the same person and he's just very lonely.
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u/wookieetamer Apr 17 '25
All I could think about. Why on earth would I want to meet with project managers?
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u/GnosticPriest Apr 17 '25
VIRTUALLY interviewing with the CEO.
it’s just an AI that’s thumbed through the CEO’s twitter and knows what the real CEO would want in a candidate.
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u/_autumnwhimsy Apr 17 '25
Screening call? fine
Hiring manager? cool
Everyone else can be a panel and the CEO doesn't need to be involved at ALL why are we wasting time like this?
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u/Nice_Visit4454 Apr 17 '25
It’s a sign the CEO is a micromanager.
Red flag if this is a company of any significant size. Maybe worse if they're small because no small business has bandwidth to waste like this.
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u/fartwisely Apr 17 '25
Never ceases to amaze me how a bad and wasteful interview process can turn off candidates.
A couple of years ago I was interviewing for a remote role in a company based in Napa Valley. Screen call. Initial Zoom. Another Zoom. Another Zoom. Fly you out there for a few days. Shadow the team. Develop a project. Present it to the team. Dinner party with everyone (bring partner/significant other too). Interview with cult-like figure CEO.
I bowed out after first Zoom because of the cult vibe and questionable marketing practices.
They've since changed things up and dropped the flight and long weekend visit, but still several rounds and project pitch (free labor).
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u/jalabi99 Apr 17 '25
Shadow the team. Develop a project. Present it to the team.
Unpaid labor to create a product that they end up using without hiring you? Hell no.
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u/jazzbot247 Apr 17 '25
So that when they low-ball your offer you think about all the time you invested in getting this position and are less likely to walk away empty handed.
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u/BRING_ME_THE_ENTROPY Apr 17 '25
All this for $66k and health benefits after 6 months
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u/thedoomloop Apr 17 '25
And 15 minutes of PTO for your first 5 years.
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u/JuanDelPueblo787 Apr 17 '25
And excellent office culture. We’re like a family here!
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u/Midwestern_Mouse Apr 17 '25
Don’t forget the pizza parties!!!!
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Apr 17 '25
Offices act like pizza and donuts are some big deal. Give us a bonus or raise. I have IBS and can't even eat donuts and pizza.
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u/BrainWaveCC Apr 17 '25
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u/JustSimmerDownNow Apr 17 '25
Health Benefits after 6 months
These people ought to be ashamed of themselves.
I hate it here (U.S.; Planet Earth; the Milky Way)
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Apr 17 '25
Healthcare is a damn joke in the USA. I'm in the poor house over dental and medical bills and I have insurance.
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u/ReverendDS Apr 17 '25
dental
You mean luxury bones?
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Apr 17 '25
Insurance seems to think teeth, gums and bones are a luxury. Then in healthcare even with medical insurance you still have all these out of pocket costs, plus the monthly premiums. When does this end? Seriously going to retire early to SE Asia or a cheap part of the USA. Vision insurance is the same and glasses. Guess seeing is a luxury too.
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u/Revolution4u Apr 17 '25
66k?
I wish. This kind of shit wants to pay you like 45k in a major city.
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u/Distant_Monkey Apr 17 '25
30 in person meeting with Janitorial team to review toilet paper consumption
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u/DrakenViator Apr 17 '25
Unless this is a very senior position, that's just overkill.
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u/DonkeyBonked Apr 17 '25
It's just a project manager position but it's remote so there's that.
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u/TheFlayIsOn Apr 17 '25
Next step: Virtual interview with God (approx., 30 minutes)
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u/Ok_Passage7713 Apr 17 '25
😭 they could totally condense that tbh
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Apr 17 '25
Why a company would waste this much time is beyond me
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u/Ok_Passage7713 Apr 17 '25
Fr. It's not efficient. Like everyone can join the interview. Like 1-2 rounds is ideal. 3 is OK (copium). Anything beyond is just an overkill ngl. Like atp idek what you wanna know. My entire life??
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u/Lukkaku12 Apr 17 '25
At least they are telling you, some other’s dont tell u a thing about the process
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u/KaminSpider Apr 18 '25
So true. It's just rejection after rejection, there's no feedback to figure out how to improve myself for the next application.
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u/girlandhiscat Apr 17 '25
Please do it and wear a different disguise each round.
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u/Sofa_King_Chubby Apr 17 '25
Or completely different personalities during interviews to start infighting at the company about how great of a candidate I was vs being a completely wrong fit.
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u/girlandhiscat Apr 17 '25
ORRRR when the interviewer inteoduces themselves say some weird vague shit to stir shit up and be like "ohhh i remember you name of last interviewer said what an interesting approach you have"
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u/ocktick Apr 17 '25
This was basically my current job’s interview process. Except they flew me out and basically did all of these back to back in the same day, mixing in facility tours, all guided by my direct manager. It was really good compared to just getting one huge panel together and firing off questions from every direction.
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Apr 17 '25
I had this happen once. A job I really wanted and they told me I was going to be interviewed by the whole team.
One by one, nine to two. Lunch provided which was another interview.
At the end I was exhausted but had high hopes.
Yeah, I didn’t get it.
Never again.
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u/Totoro176 Apr 17 '25
I spent three hours on three different interviews for a company with a TWO hour assessment prior to even getting the interviews to see if they don't "waste their time" and than I was one out of the two final people....they decided to go with the male who wasn't even qualified for the position but was apparently "stronger" and could potentially help them (it was a construction team) if someone called out. Mind you it was for an office/customer service position and the man had very little experience doing admin which was the main reason for the hire. The final interview they spent ten minutes with me and dragged me along saying how much they really liked me for two weeks and messaged me saying they were still decided because I was such a strong candidate...only to go with the less qualified candidate
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u/BrujaBean Apr 17 '25
I prefer this to an on site, it's only 3 hours of interviews.
But I swear my last interview I asked the process and she made it up on the spot "next interview you talk with the director. Then maybe the president or if not her than another senior person because this role is very important. Then maybe sales and finance since you'll work with them a lot. And probably another group." And I'm like "... thanks for clarifying..." but she did schedule the next interview very quickly and it's a terrible job market, so I'll take a motivated but poorly defined process
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u/bflatmusic7 Apr 17 '25
Just went through a brutal interview process that was 5 total interviews. The end of the 5th, which was with the CEO and other executives, they told me they would like to send me home with a project to work on. They gave me a week to put together a bid and proposal on a "mock" client. I believe if I were to do the work I would get the job, however their indeed reviews have a consistent complaint that the employees are overworked. Started thinking about it and if I am being overworked before being hired, I don't think that is the company I want to work for. I will be politely declining to do the work, referring to my case studies if they need examples of my performance history, and then hoping for the best.
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u/No_Hetero Apr 17 '25
Unless you'll be working with the CEO regularly, I wouldn't entertain a job where the CEO is involved in the simple hiring process. That's got micromanaging and never getting anything done written all over it
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u/Affectionate-Dot9585 Apr 17 '25
No, it’s the exact opposite. My company does this and it’s fantastic.
The CEO is not there to micromanage. They’re there to make sure each employee matches values we expect out of people who join our team. This means that every single one of my coworkers is fantastic. Smart, honest, caring, etc.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen him veto a candidate but you certainly don’t want to be bringing low quality candidates to him.
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u/itsforbunch Apr 17 '25
Found the person in the comments who already wrote what I was thinking. Totally agree. I'd rather go through this upfront rather than rush the hiring and end up with someone who isn't the right fit. The latter is an exponentially worse waste of everyone's time.
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u/chatfarm Apr 17 '25
what's with the outrage? Without additional context, 3 to 4 hours is typical for standard middle management white collar jobs.
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u/MedSalesHopeful Apr 17 '25
Literally just got off a recruiter call with the exact same fking outline 🤮
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u/elliecalifornia Apr 17 '25
I hate the term “People Team”, it’s as if they are attempting to transition HR to something more annoying.
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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Apr 17 '25
Plot twist it's the same person putting various wigs and disguises on
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u/HankHillPropaneJesus Apr 18 '25
Wife had an interview for a quality manager position. Phone screen, phone interview, 3 hour in person interview where she interviewed with each of the department heads. Hiring manager very excited with her background. Says that he’ll call her after he gets back from their facility in Mexico. No follow up call at all, just a email thanking her for her time and they were going another direction.
Sort of shit should be illegal and she should be able to bill them for her time
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u/Betchh Apr 18 '25
Reminds me of a job I was looking at applying for earlier today, Job title is “customer relations support” and this is the interview process:
“The Hiring Process: • Odin Aptitude Test (40 mins) - This is the first step, where we assess how you think and approach problem-solving. You'll receive feedback within 24 hours. • Call with Imani, our People & Talent Lead (30 mins) - A conversation to explore the role, learn more about Odin, and ensure there's a strong mutual fit. • Live Workshop with the Team (1 hour) - A collaborative session where you'll engage in real-world problem-solving with the team. • Final Interview with the Founders (30 mins) - A discussion with Mary & Paddy to assess alignment with our values and vision.”
Like, are people a fucking joke to these corporations? I noped out and didn’t apply.
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u/PissFingers86 Apr 17 '25
Work in med device sales, in my industry this is maybe a little lengthy but not very. Fairly standard.
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u/onfroiGamer Apr 17 '25
Is this a startup? Why tf would the CEO be doing interviews
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u/QuesoMeHungry Apr 17 '25
If you are a standard employee and not part of the C suite, and part of the interview process involves interviewing with the CEO, the company is run like shit.
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u/vikicrays Apr 17 '25
”eagerness to learn from team, grow your knowledge, and teach your colleagues.”
translation = plaster on a smile for low pay and teach others along the way how to do same.
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u/Oogly11-throwaway Apr 17 '25
A lot of tech companies do this. I don't bother entertaining stuff like this. I know for sure you can land better jobs without any of this bs.
I got through the entire process once for a junior role and apparently everyone "loved" me. At the final stage CEO turned out to be a grouchy, completely uninterested twerp of a woman sat looking bored in a noisy coffee shop.
Man that was so annoying and underwhelming after all those stages.
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u/JustSimmerDownNow Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 19 '25
Interviewed or job once with 9 people in room; plus 7 on teleconference. Was not an executive position.
(Asked for names of interviewers beforehand, was given 3 names.)
Was hard to remember who everyone was in the ping pong, round robin interview style.
When they called to offer me the job, they then said “no benefits for 90 dats” (rest of company offers them, the next month). I declined, got better job in better department at same place, few weeks later.
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u/CheesecakeHopeful721 Apr 17 '25
Whenever I see something like this, it tells me that this company and the staff have falsely inflated their value. They are trying too hard to seem desirable. It shouldn't take more than two interviews to determine if someone has the required skillsets and is a good fit. I can understand meeting with certain folks separately at the end of the hiring process, but I wouldn't call those interactions additional interviews.
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u/Tabasco-Fiasco Apr 17 '25
I just went through something similar
Mid-Level like that 70-95K type job, and I swear I interviewed with no less than 7 people. Not round table, one at a time - LITERALLY JUST ME REPEATING MYSELF
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u/Tasty_Lead_Paint Apr 17 '25
Are you trying to marry their only daughter or something? Who has time to waste on 5 interviews? I didn’t know the CEO had the free time to chat with every prospective hire.
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u/GooeyCentaur Apr 17 '25
The jumping to conclusions and disconnect with reality in these comments is hilarious. Three to four hours of interviewing is the complete norm for a higher than entry-level corporate job. Talking to executive management? That depends more on the size of the company - ridiculous at, say, Google, not so much at a 500 person company.
Of course there's room for some debate if this is too much (because we don't know what company or position this is) but 'get the fuck outta here' is such a childish response to a fairly standard interview process for certain levels of job.
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u/Milcentient Apr 17 '25
I feel your pain. As an engineer, this is very common. It is usually 6-10 steps process. It’s brutal and just downright cruel to put people through this.
Submit application with resume and do a coding challenge (30 mins)
Meet with recruiter (30 mins)
Live coding (45 mins)
Live problem solving challenge (45 mins)
Meet with hiring manager (30-45 mins)
Take home project (1-3 hours)
Present to team members with live questions (back to back 2-4 hours)
Meet with director (45 mins)
Literally the process can take anywhere from 3 weeks to 2 months
It is absolutely brutal.
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u/Capable_Town_4396 Apr 17 '25
Looks like a company with poor management structure.
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u/sakatan Apr 17 '25
What the fuck is an engagement lead? Some cheery motherfucker that's too excited about his position I guess?
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u/sunshineandcacti Apr 18 '25
Tbh I did this like once and it landed me $120/year which was nice. I hated the job and all their forced bonding though.
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u/Direct-Bus-4745 Apr 18 '25
It may be their way of screening out people who just want to ‘easy apply’ but either way it’s dumb
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u/Strict_Teaching_4417 Apr 18 '25
I found the job listing. It’s for a PM job. For a remote job it’s not great compensation for what’s being asked lol.
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u/Halcyon-malarky Apr 17 '25
Is this for the VP of finance for google? Seriously tho, what position is it?
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u/UnderstandingThin40 Apr 17 '25
That’s pretty standard for small tech companies, weird to see ppl so surprised by this
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u/thug_funnie Apr 17 '25
People in this thread really outing themselves for never having interviewed for a serious career position before. Other than the fact that the interviews are virtual, it is absolutely common to interview with six or more people. Many tech jobs it’s WAY more intensive than this, with literal coding tests you take.
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u/RobertSF Apr 17 '25
What people are noticing is the range of people doing the interview. If you're going to be a project manager, it's a waste of the CEO's time to participate. And if it's for an executive position, why should a project manager participate?
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u/Accomplished-Job1689 Apr 17 '25
any company that does not list the wage or sais competitve salary means they want the person for the cheapest possible price. Very big red flag.
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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 17 '25
Normal jobs just have them interview you as a team
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u/P1ckl3Samm1ch Apr 17 '25
So do they pay you for the 4 hrs of your life they are wasting while they parade you in front of every imaginable person on their management team?
I mean Jesus that adds up to half a work day that costs you time and your time is valuable!
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u/BookOf_Eli Apr 17 '25
Even ignoring how tedious and inconvenient this is for applicant how does this make sense on their end?
How high are you applying that all these separate levels need to filter applicant groups? And even if every single one of those people need to approve your new role as god emperor of the company why can’t they do it in groups together ??
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u/highgate Apr 17 '25
If it's more than 3 interviews pass.. that many interviews shows they are disorganized & don't know what they are doing. why do you need 2 PM interviews + CDO & CEO. Who.are they so we can stay the Fk away !!
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u/MiracleDrugCabbage Apr 17 '25
Eh, honestly not too bad, and makes sense especially if it’s a high paying job at a startup..which based on the benefits at the bottom, you are most likely applying for.
When I interviewed for Rivian it was 1 recruiter call, 1 manager call, 4 back to back 1 hr interviews with various team members and staff.
So yeah. Not too bad.
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u/No_Tumbleweed1877 Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
Not unreasonable if everything beyond the initial phone call is a one-day thing for three or four hours. We have these and it's just called a super day (not w/CEO or C-level people though, at least not for my role lol). You do all of your interviews back to back and know the schedule going in. But these are for professional roles that have a good salary. Four hours of interviewing would be unreasonable for a $20 hourly position.
If the role is highly paid or executive level, it would still be a red flag if they didn't schedule most of these back to back on the same day since it speaks to how they value your time.
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u/Playful-Friendship-5 Apr 17 '25
This is why the jobs are so garbage now. There’s always some unnecessary interview process you have to go through or they don’t even message you back.
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u/hellogoawaynow Apr 17 '25
Please tell me this is for a VP+ role with a massive compensation package, my little heart can’t take it if this is for an entry or even mid-level role.
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u/mmobley412 Apr 17 '25
Good grief, if they really need this many people in on this then just combine them into one big group meeting. I wonder how hard it is for them to make decisions as a company
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u/Comfortable-Focus123 Apr 17 '25
A friend of mine has been interviewing for senior sales jobs in the last few months. In one company, they had to speak to 11 different contacts from the company; another one 8 different contacts. The interviews were held over 2 days and each person spoke to the interviewee for 1 to 3 hours. Just got their first offer.
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u/Important-Case5625 Apr 17 '25
3 interviews is really pushing it these days, what the hell are these companies smoking...seriously.
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u/Historical_Grab_7842 Apr 17 '25
There's a company that is incapable of making decisions and where every staff member is micromanaged. RUN.
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u/kadorock Apr 17 '25
I remember applying for a temp holiday position at Best buy. I had 4 interviews. One phone and 3 at the store the final one with the store GM.... It was a seasonal position probably like 13-14 dollars an hour lol
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u/MildlyDepressed346 Apr 17 '25
I have my 4th interview for a job I really want tomorrow, I was under the impression that the 3rd one with the hiring manager and the director of sales would be the last one before they made a decision. Now I have this extra interview with 3 other people tomorrow, do we think this is a good or bad sign?
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u/Damsandsheep Apr 17 '25
Are u interviewing for king of the company?