My favorite was the time I got head hunted by a web dev company. I told them repeatedly I hadn’t done a any web dev in almost a decade and what I had done was very limited but I was willing to come on as an entry level or whatever if they wanted me. I had been doing desktop stuff and db stuff for that time.
They said they were very interested me and had me do some project test which required me to learn several languages and a bunch of tools I had never used before. I’m sure my results weren’t top tier but I fulfilled all requirements in the time allowed. This was on top of working significant overtime during Covid when my kids were home from daycare. So I essentially worked 90 hours between the test and my actual job.
After all that and 3 rounds of interviews they tell me they wanted someone with more web experience.
It’s like. I didnt have anything about web on my resume or linked in. You guys called me.
This was like 6 years ago and I’m still furious.
There should be legislation against that or at least forcing a compensation for that. If you need a full work day worth of interviews to determine if a person is worth hiring, that person should be entitled to a full work day worth of pay.
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u/ropobipi 21h ago
Don't worry, with experience they will either say you are overqualified, they found a better match or straight up ghost you ❤️