Reader 1: I applied for a position last fall and in the next two months had seven interviews — one with the recruiter and six with the hiring department team. In March I was asked to complete an “assessment” consisting of my recommendations on four different hypothetical situations. They paid me $500 for this work. They want me to do another four interviews this week.
I’ve hired a couple-dozen folks in my career, and I never put anyone through this type of scrutiny. My fear is that this drawn-out process is a sign that they really don’t know what they are looking for.
Karla: I suspect they know exactly what they want: someone they can get work out of without having to go through the hassle of hiring, onboarding, and paying for benefits and payroll taxes.
So-called “working interviews” let employers see prospective employees in action, demonstrating their skills instead of describing them. According to Declan Leonard, a partner at business law firm Berenzweig Leonard, working interviews are legal as long as the applicant is getting paid and the payment is equivalent to or greater than minimum wage.
“But you can’t get away with that on a prolonged basis,” Leonard warns, especially if the employer is having an applicant perform substantially the same work as its current full-time employees. That could violate Labor Department rules on worker classification.
Working interviews can also undermine the employer in other ways. As you noted, having you repeatedly come in to...
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