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He Declined the One-Way Video Interview

As told to the Host · Storyteller verified · Candidate · via r/talesfromthejob

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ApplicationOne-way video screening requestedCandidate withdrew

The next step was a one-way video screening: record yourself answering, no one on the other end, before any conversation with a person. He had already sent a tailored résumé and a cover letter.

Rather than record it, he wrote back and withdrew from consideration. He was, he said, disappointed that the company had chosen a screening platform over a person-to-person process. A company that treats potential employees “like profiles on an app,” he wrote, raises real doubts about how it treats staff after they are hired.

He asked to be removed from consideration, and thanked them for their time.

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