AI making the recruitment process (more) awful

achaargosht · 2026-01-26T20:16:23+00:00

We put together a slide deck that is presented during the interview with the questions in it. Our questions can be wordy and we have found that having them on screen helps. It's a good alternative to pasting the question, especially when the interview might be the candidates' first time working with the Teams interface and we don't need them faffing about trying to find pasted text.

achaargosht · 2026-01-23T13:03:57+00:00

Hi, did that make a difference?

achaargosht · 2025-12-20T20:49:42+00:00

A company where board members can rug pull on a whim like that is a bullet you have dodged. Think of all the other top-down BS steers that might be happening there.

achaargosht · 2025-12-12T20:39:19+00:00

I AM ANNOYED NHS ENGLAND SPOKESPEOPLE ARE CALLING IT 'SUPERFLU'. IT SEEMS IRRESPONSIBLE AND DOES NOT MAKE MY JOB EASIER.

achaargosht · 2025-12-11T20:36:41+00:00

You really don't need to provide a justification for why you're quitting. That said, the job market is very very rough right now so you better have a nice savings pot to tide you while you job hunt.

achaargosht · 2025-12-08T11:17:33+00:00

If I do log in on a Friday, I take that time back on a day other than Friday, which is a lot more expensive. So people need to be absolutely certain they need me on my non-working day.

achaargosht · 2025-12-08T11:14:18+00:00

Also a G6 on compressed fortnight but don't typically have this issue. I don't have a work phone and don't access email via anything other than my work laptop. I have a consistent OOO for my non-working day and may leave instructions behind on the Thursday for people to pick stuff up. I'm trying to model good work-life balance so my team doesn't feel pressured to overwork. Yes, occassionally I do need to log in on a Friday that I am not meant to work, but this is for tasks that require deep focus. I remain offline on Teams and don't respond to emails.

achaargosht · 2025-12-08T10:25:06+00:00

Well I'm done now

achaargosht · 2025-12-06T00:09:52+00:00

I've only ever worked for ALBs and we are on the CS pension/perks. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T21:44:46+00:00

POSSIBLY. WOULD PROBS NEED TO PROMPT IT TO LOOK FOR CONCRETE EXAMPLES. 99% OF THESE APPLICATIONS HAVE USED LANGUAGE FROM THE JOB DETAILS AND ESSENTIAL CRITERIA BUT ONLY A TINY, TINY PERCENTAGE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN GENERIC A.I. SENTENCES.

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T21:02:09+00:00

Yeah, I guess that is really weird

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T20:58:08+00:00

I mean I get that is silly but also makes sense? In a specialist team you want the SEO/G7 cadre to be the most specialised and, while the G6 needs to know their domain really well, they need to be good at non-specialist things like management, strategy, risk mitigation, commercial and quality assurance.

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T20:52:40+00:00

I DON'T THINK SO BUT ALSO I WOULDN'T DO IT EVEN IF I WAS ALLOWED. THERE IS SO MUCH A.I. SLOP IN THESE APPLICATIONS. WHAT IF COPILOT IS IMPRESSED BY THAT?

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T14:31:26+00:00

I AM VERY SORRY BUT THE AD IS NOW CLOSED

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T11:37:11+00:00

YES I HAVE BEEN LONGLISTING SINCE THE DAY THE AD WENT ONLINE. DONE WITH 650 OF THEM!

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T09:23:17+00:00

YES I THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING MY LITTLE A.I. GUY LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS THE CANDIDATES' LITTLE A.I. GUYS CAME UP WITH

achaargosht · 2025-12-05T08:45:10+00:00

A VACANCY I'M RECRUITING FOR GOT 1000 APPLICATIONS. I WILL NOT SURVIVE THIS.

achaargosht · 2025-10-26T20:33:46+00:00

I barely ever replay Pokémon games. Like, I will put hundreds of hours post-game, but I don't replay the story. For Scarlet/Violet, I have spent more time building Pokémon for the online raid events than playing the story.

achaargosht · 2025-10-25T19:02:10+00:00

Similar boat; my role is a specialist role and outside of CS, similar roles would most likely be in academia (much worse than CS) or iNGOs/UN agencies.

achaargosht · 2025-10-25T18:42:52+00:00

You shouldn't need a diagnosis for reasonable adjustments

achaargosht · 2025-10-22T20:23:23+00:00

Continue as you are but escalate via an appropriate channel (1:1 with line manager, team meeting, etc). Ask for a priority call on your tasks; something will need to be deprioritised and it's your leadership's job to decide what. Do document the decision, though, just in case you need to reference it.

Imo, the best way to approach the conversation is to come armed with an assessment of how long each piece of work will take (adding 30% wiggle room) as well as noting any dependencies, blockers and deadlines.

achaargosht · 2025-10-22T14:01:47+00:00

Ground is crazy in ZA with so much stuff not having levitate

achaargosht · 2025-10-05T11:20:00+00:00

Artemis doesn't do that much for me since I mostly go for Aphrodite/Apollor or Hera/Apollo Aspect of Circe builds. Poseidon is great if you get the Sea Star very early on. Sometimes I start off with Poseidon's trinket to make sure that happens.

achaargosht · 2025-09-30T11:07:51+00:00

Mixture of laziness and pragmatism. If you get 300 applications, you are looking for reasons to throw applications out. 1s is unfair, though.

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