I applied many, many times for various
designer/artist jobs they routinely advertised over the years. In July 2013 I received an email from their
HR rep to actually schedule an interview. To say I was over the moon with joy
would be an understatement. But, imagine my shock and disappointment when
several days before the interview she emails me this little note: “The needs of
the department have changed and we will not be scheduling an interview at this
time.” What a rotten thing to do! In addition to just being mean, it makes them
look fairly incompetent as well. But I continued to apply every time they posted
a design job.
Finally, in March 2014 I got a “real” interview that they did NOT
eventually cancel. This interview went as flawlessly as any interview could
have gone (lasting nearly two hours). But, at the end, the hiring manager let this little tidbit of info slip when I asked when
they planned to make a decision: “We’re only interviewing a few more people,
one is an internal candidate..."
Internal candidate. Well, that ends that (because
when does the internal candidate not get the job?). Sure enough, I got the
rejection email a month later.
I count no less than 53 bullet points (I’ve got all 53 qualifications,
but does that matter? Of course not!). Oh, and they are demanding you take a
little “design test” as well, which you are supposed to do completely on the
blind with no opportunity to ask questions (which are always essential in order
for any design project to be successfully completed).
But the hilarity doesn’t end there. They re-posted this job on LinkedIn
just a month later. According to the LinkedIn “statistic” (now gone), they
received over 50 applicants. So, out of 50+ people, they still can’t find even one
qualified candidate? Maybe this job needs more bullet points, because clearly
53 ain’t enough!
If this is not the finest example of “pathetic” then I don’t know what
is.
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