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Tech interviews & the crude art of post-interview ghosting — 5 things you can do about it
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” — Mark Twain
So if you work in tech, you have, without a doubt heard of the all-day interviews, the challenge interviews, and the UX Story Interview, especially if you are in the field of user research design. What all these things have in common is that they are all unnecessary interruptions of peoples’ schedules, as well as an investment in future prospects. So sometimes navigating your way through this space comes with many challenges.
In the last two years alone, many people have gone through the phenomenon of the “great resignation,” and or the “great reset,” — re-evaluating the function of work in their lives and actively seeking new job opportunities that fit the moment and their shift in values. Likewise, many companies, motivated by remote labour options are, too, taking advantage of recruiting more broadly than they had ever done before. But what this glut of options has meant for the market is a diminished quality of the process, brought on by technology has become a vicious cycle of poor user experience -the interview process has become a place, not for the weak but a fight for the bottom in terms of experience for many job seekers.
