I would love the stability of a full time role after a year of scrambling for bad freelance gigs, but when a recruiter tells me there’s going to be multiple hour long individual interviews, a panel interview, a virtual on-site, and a writing assignment, I just give up. It’s probably going to be filled internally anyway. I just can’t handle the stress of what the interview process has become anymore.

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I have literally never done any of this for a job… avoid these dumb ass companies!

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Avoid every company. Check.

Never. These roles are either already filled, or will be filled by candidates personally reco’d by team members. Don’t waste your time or give these companies free work.

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To get into any FAANG company or close to it unfortunately this is the norm now. It’s exhausting. I haven’t had an ad agency do this yet tho.

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I went through this whole process twice for big tech companies. When the 3rd company sent me their writing assignment, I was ready to tell them to go fuck themselves. Somehow, I found it in me to do it anyway, and guess what? I lucked out.

I still think the process is bullshit, but there is hope. Good luck with the job search. I hope it all works out for you too!

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Same as CW1. Keep in mind that many big companies, especially tech companies, are now getting literally thousands of applications for a single role. They’re counting on some number of people giving up and not going through this process. If you really want the job, stick it out and you might get lucky.

A virtual on-site ? Lol

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Yes, and for lunch… jumbo shrimp!

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