[logicallee]

The artcle mentions one interview out of 3+ phone interviews 5+ personal ones, that didn't go so well.

It leaves me with the following impression:

What a ridiculous waste of this guy's time. Why on Earth do recruitment processes need to be so capricious? Of course the guy's going to get nervous when he fouls up, given the HUGE amount of his time that has already been wasted, and how much you are putting on the line for every single moment to be perfect. maybe if the stakes weren't ridiculous and so capricious, it wouldn't take you two recruiters, three phone interviews, and a day of wasting everyone's time, only to reject a perfect employee.

Makes me glad not to work for a huge organization. What a travesty. I have no idea why people feel it's okay to waste other people's time like that.

[gergles]

Multi-stage interview processes like this are calibrated that you simply must pass every step of them to do the job. There's no fluff, there's no duplication; each module tests a specific component that the company feels is necessary. If you can't deliver on one component, then you aren't qualified. Harsh, but if you wanted to include an allowance for failing one module, you'd have to add even more modules and duplicate content in them so that you could still feel confident they could do the job. A false positive in the interview process is immensely painful for everyone involved and every effort should be made to prevent that.

[yhager]

Exactly my thoughts. I guess they do it because they can, and the candidates are willing to go through this.