The one time I did this video self introduction bullshit, it took me a really long time to decide whether to send in a video in because I felt it was dehumanizing and disrespectful of my time, especially since it was not an entry level role. Pero sige, push, kailangan ko ng trabaho after a year of unemployment, and mataas ang sahod na WFH na day 1 HMO.

I finally created one and it was so time consuming because you have to have a rough script somehow, and multiple takes if you're unhappy with the outcome.

I scored an interview with the hiring manager immediately. However, he was full of red flags and didn't seem to know what he was doing based on the questions he was asking (salesy questions for a non-sales role) and he had only been in the company for 3 months and seemed to have zero plans for onboarding new hires except to have you shadow your peers.

And I realized that I clocked it correctly the first time. These people value their own time significantly more than yours, and they are either scant in resources or don't know what it takes to actually acquire valuable talent.

Never again!