The hiring process is dated and exhausting

a. No less than 3-5 interviews. If you’re in tech, that final “on-site” is likely a test or presentation equivalent to hours of work.
b. Then, the thank you notes to eeeevvveerrryyyooonnee you interviewed with
c. The anxiety-ridden waiting game
d. The offer + negotiations
e. References
f. Background check

WTFFFF, ya’ll owe me $$$ for my time

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You forgot the part where they don't dump your resume out of the system after 6 months like they say they will, thus causing you to receive a call years later from an HR person, asking if you're still interested in that entry level position you applied for back when you still believed that student loan interest was calculated according to a formula and not based on extra terrestrial arcana.

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Eh this process seems to have come from tech/start ups? Interviewing at agencies was never so laborious until I started reading about it in tech.

Google did a study or survey of the process and decided maybe no more than 4 interviews (iirc) are required, anything more is diminishing returns and people are kinda agreeing with each other.

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