Why Tech Job Interviews Became Such a Nightmare

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During a past job search, she tweeted, one Big Tech company made me do *12* interviews and a take-home assignment..

Interviewing.io, a testing platform where software engineers can hone their skills in mock job interviews, released a report this week alleging that Meta has recently been using questionable negotiation tactics with candidates who make it through the interview gauntlet...

Aline Lerner, Interviewing.io founder and CEO, says that out of six Big Tech firmsGoogle, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and NetflixMeta has had the greatest uptick in hiring over the past 12 months, despite making contemporaneous layoffs..

Lerner says she evaluated 20 interview offers that Interviewing.io clients received from Meta over the past several months, and found that the company was often down-leveling engineering candidates by offering a lower-ranked position than a person originally interviewed for...

Amanda Richardson, CEO of CoderPad, a platform used by hiring managers to assess coding skills, says tech companies could make life easier for both job candidates and hiring managers by questioning the recent industry-wide shift to tougher assessments..

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