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🔙 ..Frustrations Around Hiring Process 🤕
I have been hiring for 4 years now, and it’s time for me to get hired.
My approach was simple, if a person was a cultural fit and was motivated, could solve problems, they got hired. I didn’t ask people to solve problems they won’t solve at work, just the necessary things. I gave second chances, gave feedback, and did a lot of interviews.
Recently I applied to a couple of places, and here is what I discovered.
- Though forms are everywhere they don’t feel valued in the forms, I hate forms, and I love email. Email makes the whole process of applying for a job so much more personalized, you have a chance to be you.
- A lot of times companies answer with no-reply email, and that feels like a close club, where you cannot even ask some questions or clarifications.
- Companies talk about values but don’t keep them on while hiring.
- If a company asks you to use 1-2 or 3+ hours of your time to fill in the forms or do a test task, I think a candidate deserves some kind of feedback to improve next time one applies.
I know that the world can’t be ideal but I also know that empathy can go a long way.
If you have similar experiences or thoughts, please share them.
Please give me feedback, comment on whatever you think about my blog post, and help me improve. ❤️
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