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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 68 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Pretty much.

Maybe I'm some rare unicorn. But I have NEVER successfully got a job filling out forms like this. It's a huge waste of my time.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm a hiring manager, and every single person hired at my company has to fill out a form like this.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Then I sneak through the backdoor then, or they fill it out for me.

Again, never have I filled them out and got a job.

[–] Confused_Emus 15 points 6 months ago

And I’m sure you’ve worked enough jobs for your anecdotal experience to be statistically significant.

[–] madcaesar 21 points 6 months ago

Places like this probably get 2000 submissions so they are indeed a waste of time.

[–] GladiusB 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You aren't. I was just hired for a great position by not filling out their form. Then they emailed me and asked if I wanted to finish. I said "I won't fill out something that is already on my resume". They had a couple of interviews and a substantial offer. I started last week.

It depends on the position. If it's entry level or some retail job, yes, fill it out. But management or some other position where it's highly specific, this is an absolute waste of my time.

[–] Promethiel 5 points 6 months ago

"It depends on the position. If it's entry level or some retail job, yes, fill it out. But management or some other position where it's highly specific, this is an absolute waste of my time"

It's an absolute waste of time, period. No need to stratify it further. McKinsey & Ilk bullshit is commodifying the lowest denominator shit in the name of HR professionals using more buzzwords and less braincells in the hiring process while pretending they're standardizing equity, in my opinion.

That the positions you are ostensibly qualified for allow for a measure of 'hardball posturing' doesn't mean pseudo-hokey HR practices on non-leadership role hiring. aren't filtering the best of the best of people--at filling out useless forms that you'll need to train to critically think anyways.

Only way to combat MBB bullshit is for the in-house managers to grow a spine and speak truth to power after the pre-contractually safe 'I'm so good you want me even if I don't toe the line' that is allowed to every leadership role hire as their moment to feel special to see that reaction.

[–] acetanilide 6 points 6 months ago

I got a job once that was like this, except on paper.

It was 2017.