If Tech Interviews Were Honest

IF TECH INTERVIEWS WERE HONEST okay so here's how it's gonna go first we're going to have our computer scan your resume for keywords without really reading it and then we're going to do a phone screen and we might ask you some questions about your background and yourself to make sure you're not too old or too female we might also ask you some fun brain teasers completely irrelevant to the job. and then if we're feeling extra annoying that day we might quiz you on some random trivia that everyone Googles on the job if you pass that round we're either going to stand behind you intimidatingly while you code on a whiteboard that has nothing to do with the job at all or we're going to make you spend the whole weekend on an unpaid project that we're going to judge very harshly but don't worry, if you get the job, we'll pay you really well until you leave us in 12-18 months

A woman speaks directly to the camera in a TikTok-style video under the heading “IF TECH INTERVIEWS WERE HONEST.” She sarcastically lists résumé keyword screening, age and gender discrimination, irrelevant brain teasers, trivia, intimidating whiteboard coding, and unpaid take-home projects before ending with the joke that the company will pay well until the employee leaves after 12–18 months. It is a reaction meme about absurd and exploitative tech hiring practices. EN: A woman speaks directly to the camera in a TikTok-style video under the heading “IF TECH INTERVIEWS WERE HONEST.” She sarcastically lists résumé keyword screening, age and gender discrimination, irrelevant brain teasers, trivia, intimidating whiteboard coding, and unpaid take-home projects before ending with the joke that the company will pay well until the employee leaves after 12–18 months. It is a reaction meme about absurd and exploitative tech hiring practices.

Okay, so here's how it's gonna go. First, we're gonna have our computer scan your resume for keywords without really reading it. And then we're gonna do a phone screen and we might ask you some questions about your background and about yourself just to make sure you're really not too old or too female. We might also ask you some fun brain teasers that are completely irrelevant to the job, but it really makes me feel smart when I know the answer is already. And then if we're feeling extra annoying that day, we might quiz you on some random trivia that everyone totally Googles on the job. If you pass that round, we're either going to stand behind you, intimidatingly, while you write code on a whiteboard that has nothing to do with the job at all, or we're going to make you spend the whole weekend on an unpaid project that we're going to judge very harshly. But don't worry, at the end, if you get the job, we'll pay you really well until you leave us in 12 to 18 months.

• @ithueti / 2936 2020-10-13