Fifteen years of proof
After multiple onsite interviews, a technology company asked one candidate for employment records reaching back 15 years, including a paystub. One former employer had been acquired and another had …
4 stories
Seven rounds of silence
After six months and 500 applications, one candidate describes seven interview rounds, weeks of silence, automated rejection, and application systems that treat people like data-entry clerks.
Opening the project folder was enough
A company's paid take-home assignment arrived as a GitHub repository, and the repository executed a remote script the moment the folder was opened.
The recruiter who lied to get him in the room
The job was permanent only. The pitch suggested it might not be. The recruiter was betting that showing up would change his mind.