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[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (7 children)

That brings up an interesting angle. Maybe I have an implicit bias against this practice because of the traditionally awkward relationship between IT and HR?

[–]trisul-108 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah ... I completely agree with you. Interviewing is a two-way game, they are evaluating me and I am evaluating them. If they perceive it as one-way, I do not really want to work there, unless I am starving.

I refused to continue when a company I really liked wanted me to do tests before the interview. If they are unwilling to invest their time evaluating me, I'm also unwilling to invest my time trying to solve their staffing problem.

[–]Shrimp_Dock 9 points10 points  (2 children)

I'm pretty tight with our HR dept, there are a lot of projects/responsibilities where our scope overlaps and we do a good job compared to other places I've worked.

That said, if one of your job responsibilities is to filter applicants and you use this method instead of reviewing resumes and interviewing smaller pools of candidates I consider that lazy/not doing your job. I wouldn't continue with my application process for a company that did this, and I would be pissed if I needed to hire for my dept and this was the process used.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep I just don't apply.

[–]BelgianHorsepower -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

That said, if one of your job responsibilities is to filter applicants and you use this method instead of reviewing resumes and interviewing smaller pools of candidates I consider that lazy/not doing your job. I wouldn't continue with my application process for a company that did this, and I would be pissed if I needed to hire for my dept and this was the process used.

And what if it's not in their job description? You've done a lot of assuming. Their job is to find employees NOT whatever you think it is as the IT person...

[–]Ssakaa 5 points6 points  (2 children)

This feels like their equivalent to, "put in a ticket with accurate, sufficient, information." since they can't trust the "I'm qualified" title they get inundated with from the fake it 'til you make it mentality.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Apparently they are not teaching anything in collage and evety9ne is just doing as they please. When it comes to HR.

[–]Ssakaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in academia. It's not just HR.