How many interviews is too many?

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There is so much bloat even in the corporate world.

At present there is no corporation whose size would warrant anything beyond a Personnel department, and unless you are running an M-form structure, you don't need even that.

For those who don't know, before the 1940s most companies didn't even have a dedicated department for managing employees. Hiring and firing was handled exclusively by the boss or the secretary. The oh-so-important HR as we know didn't exist before the mid-80s. And it only really took off at the end of the millennium.
 
Everyone thinks HR people are DEI true believers. They are not. They are careerists.

If it would get them a better review on their PDR, first thing tomorrow they’d email a list of and all suspected communists in their organisation to the FBI and highlight all the Jewish ones without being asked hoping for bonus brownie points.
 
HalHalliday said:
For those who don't know, before the 1940s most companies didn't even have a dedicated department for managing employees
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Larger companies did, but it was called "Personnel". Notice the name change from "Personnel" to "Human Resources".

From viewing an employee as a person to viewing them as a resource.
 
Margo Martindale said:
Apparently it never used to be like this years ago, just walk into the door, get an interview, if they like you they hire you right there. I wish i was born in the 50's, we are just living off whatever scraps are left
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I miss the times when the interview process was simple: you either knew your stuff or didn't, or you made a good enough impression to get hired or you didn't. Now, even the simplest of job seems have the most complicated or convoluted hiring process.

souschef said:
Local/small firm, family owned business, small stores, dept etc: one
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This is pretty much true for the smaller firms I've worked at. The only exception was a small consulting shop where I was asked to come to a second technical interview before I got hired. the questions I was asked were so simple anyone int he field should have gotten them correct, but it would also expose anyone misrepresenting their knowledge or those with careless practices int he field.

Agamemnon Busmalis said:
Larger companies did, but it was called "Personnel". Notice the name change from "Personnel" to "Human Resources".
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At some point, employees were also known as "manpower" until the 90s when the term was deemed sexist and replaced by the emerging "Human Resources" label.

What I hate is any firm who interviews you, makes it sound like you're a good candidate for hiring or the next step, but instead ghosts you.
 
Kiwi Lime Pie said:
This is pretty much true for the smaller firms I've worked at. The only exception was a small consulting shop where I was asked to come to a second technical interview before I got hired. the questions I was asked were so simple anyone int he field should have gotten them correct, but it would also expose anyone misrepresenting their knowledge or those with careless practices int he field.
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Over here is the Caliphate of Bongland we tend to do a skills test on the same day. It's a good day of weeding people out as, even for basic office jobs, you'll get a ton of people not show up for interview if they have to demonstrate they can do basic shit on MS Office application. Avoiding PL, but I've had this in the past and wondered if I was being pranked or missing some 240IQ trick having to do basic analysis stuff in a skill test for a skilled roll when it really is just a retard filter.
 
Even in my high-skill job where they hire you for very long periods of time (multi-year commitment) at great cost to the employer (minimum thousand dollars per interviewee, probably) they still only do two interviews (screening interview and on-site).
 
I’ve shared this before but I withdrew interest after having ten interviews plus coaching and status update meetings from the recruiting firm. One of them was an onsite interview. What finally got me to walk away was that they wanted a second onsite interview. This was several states away. It’s tough to do all this while having a busy job without arousing suspicion but these people had zero respect or consideration of my time. So walking away was the only logical choice. They of course sputtered and acted flabbergasted. Who knows how long this would’ve dragged out had I not walked away.
 
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