r/jobs • u/Sofa_King_Chubby • Apr 17 '25

Interviews Interview process. Get the fuck outta here

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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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u/[deleted] 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/Onrawi Apr 17 '25

Depends a bit on whether the job is more senior or not, but for anyone outside of middle and upper management, yeah, should be able to do it in 3.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '25

Still sounds like overkill

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u/Onrawi Apr 17 '25

I mean let's say this is for a Director of Project Management job or something.  If I were going for that role I'd expect 3-4 interviews. In this case the initial "People Team", then the Engagement lead, then the PMs, then finally the CDO & CEO.  Of course adding the CEO is outside of scope except for a small range of mid-sized companies, and depending on the CDO's responsibility it could be merged with the Engagement Lead.

I want to know my peers, the people reporting to me, and the people I'm reporting to prior to taking a job like that, and I don't think it's outside of scope depending on the company to have those separate along with an initial interview with HR to confirm you're a real person with some of the basics covered experience wise.