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this happened to me a few months ago. I declined, saying i found it disrespectful of my time as a candidate. I'm here investing my free time to see if the position is a good fit for both of us, so the least you can do is send one of your paid HR people to speak with me in person.

I genuinely don't understand the point of candidate filters like this. Is it that corporate has drank the kool-aid, and think the job they are hiring for genuinely requires some 1-in-1000 skillset?

Every time, somebody says "yeah but they get thousands of applications a day, how could they possibly handle all that?!"

.... Don't. Just, filter them through some basic metrics, and then rank the ones that are left through a random number generator. Interview those candidates in order until you find a good fit.

The average job doesn't benefit at all from hiring people who can specifically pass some bizarre reverse Turing test, and the average video interview should only cost you 15-30 minutes of (also underpaid) HR salary, which is certainly less than a contract with these AI vendors + the increased risk of discrimination lawsuits.

I almost took such interviews 2 weeks ago. Applied, they said press link to continue, interview started with an animated human asking me questions. I dropped out instantly, I would rather trade shitcoins then go through this humiliation.

Thanks man, feel like the only one sometimes.

Companies need a way to pick any hire out of a large set of applicants. They don’t care if it’s a good hire. They don’t even care if the hire will burn down the building. This same thing could be accomplished with a small script that points to a random applicant and evaluates if that one lied on their resume. That’s it.

But if you call it “AI”, dumbfuck business majors will buy your magic beans.

I assume they haven't caught on because they think it will work soon due to not understanding the current problems are fundamental issues with the current offerings.

The current problems cannot be fixed by scaling or using different training data, the core design introduces ~~hallucinations~~ errors. How many decades will it take for companies to catch on and be willing to admit it though?

I sort of assumed that would be the case with cryptocurrencies too considering it is 100% scams but so far I am still waiting. And AI has far higher chances to convince idiot CEOs than cryptocurrencies ever had.

Don’t worry. You won’t even get contacted about jobs in this market. I was doing identical work for a competitor of the company I interviewed with. I was a manager. I was a trainer. I didn’t even get to the in person's. I was up against 300 other people. You have no chance in this market.

Enjoy getting replaced at that job, you mean. If they're replacing recruitment, those companies don't value what humans bring to the table.

A job at a company that won't respect your basic humanity isn't worth having. If you'd rather willingly step into that trap than proceed with whatever you're doing, or go with other options, are you okay? Like if this sounds like an opportunity and not a giant red flag, I wish there was something I could offer to help you.

tbh anyone who's willing to degrade themselves for a job like that isn't going to have the same work ethic of someone who refuses to debase themselves to the whims of a micromanaging employer.

if you think you're in that group, I'm happy to let you work for a shitty company while I go work somewhere that at least pretends like my contributions matter to the field.

I may be selling my soul to a company that secretly doesn't care if I live or die but at least I can sleep at night with the belief that my contributions matter to someone within the company.

unlike at these shithole companies that don't even care enough about their culture or other employees quality enough to put the effort out to find the best candidate for the role.

I honestly see your point. It's just capitalism doing what capitalism does. The bars are set so incredibly high, for every groveling "winner" there are tens of thousands "losers” who will become hungry, homeless, and die in the streets or in forced labor camps. The question is, how well do you like the taste and feel of that steak in your mouth, and how long will you get to enjoy it?

I'm not saying there's a right or wrong answer. I'm saying it's wrong to be forced into a position to have to make that decision, though.