The Work Buzz: Just like fashion, new trends are always emerging for interviewing platforms. Yet, making a career transition is tough enough without focusing valuable energy on pursuing the latest bells and whistles. Though some may not be your preferred style, there will always be a “new black” that recruiters are ready to try on during an interview. The idea is not to chase the trends but be cognizant, and capable, of successfully navigating the ones that come your way.
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It has never really occurred to me that interviewing has trends, but I guess it makes sense. Honestly, most of this doesn't sound new after RA interviews since there is a group interview and individual interview. And for the video interviewing, apparently they did that for CA interviews. And all of the techniques listed do make sense, but I don't think it's a trend as much as techniques that are here to stay, especially video interviews, it's just more convenient and cheaper than flying people in and hosting them.
I didn't realize that these were trends. Then again, I don't see these as trends. I perceive trends as something that's fleeting, something that doesn't stay. However, aspects of interviews like quirky questions and video interviews, are here to stay. With the advancement of technology, having interviews over Skype or Google+ is something that's here to stay. Personally, I don't like the idea of group interviews. On an interviewer's standpoint, it's great to see your potential coworker in a group setting, but as the person getting interviewed, I think it's too much too soon. Opinions. We all have them.
I think this is great considering the world has developed a new way to interview people. . .Like Aarner said this reminded me of the RA interview as well. This also reminded me of how people cast individuals on screen. We now have the power to cast videos through simply sending audition tapes directly through tto casting directors. I even got a chance to see someone cast an NAACP TV Spot through a skype interview. It's good to see that times are changing and companies are progressing when it comes to making interviews.
Why is interviewing so much more complicated than it needs to be? I'm starting to feel like a crazy person for feeling like interviewing should be a conversation between two (or more, I guess) parties to figure out if they'd work well together. If you're not an asshole, know about the position/company for/to which you're applying and are able to talk about your work experience, I don't understand why it's necessary for everyone to play head games with one another. Group and video interviews seem reasonable (though video interviews somewhat depend on internet connection for your success), but quirky questions for the sake of being "different" or "catching me off guard" are really frustrating.
The idea of asking quirky questions are video interviews aren't really that surprising to me. The idea of group interviewing bothers me. In my opinion interviews are already competitive enough that by having two interviews at the same time will just be bad. It is one thing to have two interviews back to back, but at the same time is different.
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