GoogleUGrad
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Just wanna vent ... I never had trouble with job interviewing before Zoom became a thing, and now everyone wants to do Zoom job interviews. There's something about Zoom that is just so anxiety-inducing for me and I just turn into an incoherent blabberer and can barely get through the whole thing, forget making a positive impression. Have never gotten a job that way, for obvious reasons. The really unfair part about it is I'm a writer, and I feel like I should be judged on my writing skills, not my talking skills. But that's not the way everyone else sees it.
I'm thinking of just rejecting these opportunities at face value before I have a chance to waste my time and everyone else's on a stupid Zoom call. Maybe just send an email that says "I'm sorry, I have an anxiety condition and I can't do a Zoom interview, but I'd love to send you some examples of my work and answer any questions you might have by email." I'm sure absolutely no one would bite, but maybe I could at least make someone question whether interviewing is always the best way to identify the right candidate.
Interviewing is a skill. Does that mean people who are unskilled at interviews don't make good employees? No, because never again in that job will that person be required to use that skill again, so how is it fair to reject an applicant based solely on whether or not they're good at interviewing?
Thoughts?
I'm thinking of just rejecting these opportunities at face value before I have a chance to waste my time and everyone else's on a stupid Zoom call. Maybe just send an email that says "I'm sorry, I have an anxiety condition and I can't do a Zoom interview, but I'd love to send you some examples of my work and answer any questions you might have by email." I'm sure absolutely no one would bite, but maybe I could at least make someone question whether interviewing is always the best way to identify the right candidate.
Interviewing is a skill. Does that mean people who are unskilled at interviews don't make good employees? No, because never again in that job will that person be required to use that skill again, so how is it fair to reject an applicant based solely on whether or not they're good at interviewing?
Thoughts?