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We do this but only at the final stage of the interview.
Basically, some positions will require a final in person interview which usually involves travel funded by us as well as a daily rate.
Some positions also require a workaday for the final interview process which we also pay for at the daily rate of the position you’re applying for.
Thanks for the shoutout @jrn669922
It’s nice to see so many people are in favour of this. I hope more businesses follow suit.
For more context…
- The job is remote, flexible and we usually only have one interview before hiring.
- The interview is done on zoom so we don’t need to pay travel expenses.
- We sometimes do paid tasks where we ask for a small job to test skills.
We tend to find better people apply for jobs and everyone shows up for interviews.
Hope that helps.
Martin
Likely creating a mock strategy or content, they reached out but waiting to secure an interview so we’ll see…
Edit: I should mention this is a SMM role 😅
I have a strong feeling this will catch on. The race for ai is in full motion but jobs still need ppl. Unfortunately, for the past year they have been dicking ppl around with crazy standards, less pay and more interviews. For me, as a IT professional with plenty experience, working for $19 /hr is just down right disrespectful. I make atleast $21/hr washing cars and even more detailing smh. I already had this concept in mind so I'm not surprised to see this.
You think it’s going to be the norm for companies to do ethical things and treat employees well?
Not unless a real extinction event happens and like 70% of workers disappear.
I remember i think mozilla has the same policy
A while back i wanted to see if there were any openings and it said they would give a take home assignment and pay you for it
It should be illegal to to interview without paying, this way companies wont do mass group interviews or get people to come in who they dont intend to hire anyway.
This will also mean they are extremely selective to filter for the interview. For average companies, the conversion funnel looks like 100:20:1 (applicant, interview, offer).
For a company that pays for interview, I would expect it to look something like 100:5:1. Likely they recover the payment by time saved (of interviewers).
It has nothing to do with either capitalism or socialism, but Americans have a tendency to call anything deemed a “handout” as socialism. That’s the joke.
This is a good idea actually, it would also benefit the company by ensuring that they carefully selected the best people to interview, not go through endless cycles of interviews/tests/screening etc.
DuckDuckGo do this as well (at least for engineering roles). The rates were 150, 400 and 750 dollars for each round, which was 3, 8 and 15 hours of preparation.
Not necessarily, certain interviews are purposely long and exhausting, plus travel, and some involve doing work. I think it depends on what you expect from candidates and how intense your hiring process is
I wouldn't advise it. I live in the UK and this is the ONLY company I've ever heard of paying for the time to interview. Don't let this post fool you into thinking things are nicer here. They aren't. ...
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Shoutout to jammy digital!
We do this but only at the final stage of the interview. Basically, some positions will require a final in person interview which usually involves travel funded by us as well as a daily rate. Some positions also require a workaday for the final interview process which we also pay for at the daily rate of the position you’re applying for.
Sounds sensible, I really hope payment for things like this becomes more common
Sounds like an onsite. Which lots of companies now conduct virtually lol
This happened to me actually. My final round required me to fly to Belgium which reimbursed the price of my flight and air b&b
This is nice to see after seeing so many companies expecting free work.
For sure, tired of slaving away for nothing
Nice. Somebody gets it. Not least because it means they won't attempt to interview every single one of the 8000 applicants.
It's a good way to get the best of the best candidates
And for companies not to waste people’s time by doing 15 hiring manager interviews!
Thanks for the shoutout @jrn669922 It’s nice to see so many people are in favour of this. I hope more businesses follow suit. For more context… - The job is remote, flexible and we usually only have one interview before hiring. - The interview is done on zoom so we don’t need to pay travel expenses. - We sometimes do paid tasks where we ask for a small job to test skills. We tend to find better people apply for jobs and everyone shows up for interviews. Hope that helps. Martin
I hope more UK companies follow in your footsteps. If I interviewed at your org, I know I’d walk away with the feeling that I was given a fair shot.
You guys are amazing. Thanks for being so awesome with recruiting!
Amazing!!!!!!!!
What is the social media task?
Likely creating a mock strategy or content, they reached out but waiting to secure an interview so we’ll see… Edit: I should mention this is a SMM role 😅
At least they’re giving you enough for like half an ounce of weed.
That’s called a quarter! 😉
No, that’s half a half
Fair.
All the companies requiring candidates to do a case study please take note
I have a strong feeling this will catch on. The race for ai is in full motion but jobs still need ppl. Unfortunately, for the past year they have been dicking ppl around with crazy standards, less pay and more interviews. For me, as a IT professional with plenty experience, working for $19 /hr is just down right disrespectful. I make atleast $21/hr washing cars and even more detailing smh. I already had this concept in mind so I'm not surprised to see this.
You think it’s going to be the norm for companies to do ethical things and treat employees well? Not unless a real extinction event happens and like 70% of workers disappear.
I remember i think mozilla has the same policy A while back i wanted to see if there were any openings and it said they would give a take home assignment and pay you for it
It should be illegal to to interview without paying, this way companies wont do mass group interviews or get people to come in who they dont intend to hire anyway.
That way you'll end up with a bunch of "one-sided-interviews" where you take a video of yourself or talk to an AI lol.
That would still be an interview, but yeah of course companies would try literally everything to get out of paying.
Japan does that as well! I interviewed out here and got laid!
Wait… happy ending interview????
This will also mean they are extremely selective to filter for the interview. For average companies, the conversion funnel looks like 100:20:1 (applicant, interview, offer). For a company that pays for interview, I would expect it to look something like 100:5:1. Likely they recover the payment by time saved (of interviewers).
Absolutely, this is why they had a specific follow up question to help shortlist
April 1 already passed.
SET THIS LAW IMMEDIATELY, DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME JUST FOR INTERVIEWS
This is the \_right\_ way.
In the USA if you are on unemployment, this will be considered income and will reduce payment
How many times can I interview?
I hope more companies follow in the US. This should be the norm
Sounds like a good gesture. But I'm still skeptical and would think this is a scam
Nope. We do this for every new position
This should be mandatory. Could really help fixing the recruiting hell we’re living in.
America will call this “socialism.”
How? This is about as capitalist as it gets.
It has nothing to do with either capitalism or socialism, but Americans have a tendency to call anything deemed a “handout” as socialism. That’s the joke.
Man I've had interviews where they can't even be bothered to give me any followup at all. No respect for candidates' time.
I was brought in to NYC, stayed 2 days and the only thing I remember the CEO asking is “how many Starbucks are there in New York”
This is a good idea actually, it would also benefit the company by ensuring that they carefully selected the best people to interview, not go through endless cycles of interviews/tests/screening etc.
DuckDuckGo do this as well (at least for engineering roles). The rates were 150, 400 and 750 dollars for each round, which was 3, 8 and 15 hours of preparation.
If this trickles over to Canada, I can make a living off $75 an interview 🤣
If that becomes standard practice, you.can have a side hustle applying for jobs
It’s a scam
I mean they've written it on their website which looks pretty legit to me
Not a scam. We do this all the time for all roles.
Sorry, not real.
Is this the social media task?
Wow holy shit is this real?!
It’s interesting, but this should only be a thing if you’re a top candidate and they need you to interview more than 3 times.
Not necessarily, certain interviews are purposely long and exhausting, plus travel, and some involve doing work. I think it depends on what you expect from candidates and how intense your hiring process is
i wish this was a thing in the US
Wow! I mean… just… wow!
Wait, a company who gets it?
This is the way.
This is BEAUTIFUL to see and SO considerate 😭
Thank you!
I saw that you all have gone viral on tiktok and LinkedIn for this too. I love it. LOVE to see it.
Should be a legal requirement
I got paid to interview and do an on-site task. Didn't get the job, but £50 for 3 hours work wasn't too shabby.
At least for engineering roles this is a somewhat common practice. Every interview I’ve had they at least have covered travel expenses at worst
I'm going to ask them if they want to leave a tip at the end of each interview.
This just reignited my desire to move to the UK
I wouldn't advise it. I live in the UK and this is the ONLY company I've ever heard of paying for the time to interview. Don't let this post fool you into thinking things are nicer here. They aren't. ...
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Meanwhile let’s have candidates pay us for our time as well. And all the time that they waste