Seeking opinions about group interviews...
I had a virtual group interview this week. It was one interviewer and about 10 candidates. The job seekers were asked one question and each was asked to answer it one after another with no discourse in between.
I didn't feel that any candidates really stood out or made a significantly better impression than any others. (Except possibly me. I went last and was from a vastly different background than the other candidates-- and not in a great way.)
As a person who was been responsible for the hiring process at organizations in the past, I don't see how this was a valuable step for any of the parties. It seemed that the company just wanted to see everyone and appeared that it could be used in a discriminatory way.
I would be interested to hearing other's experiences with and opinions about group interviews.
At this point, I'm not sure I will accept any future interviews in this format.
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Anonymous
I had this happen to me for a sales job and I quickly said no thank you and for a brokerage firm that I felt was kind of sleazy. I would stay away from a place like that.
Anonymous
Twice, many years ago, have I ever been a part of a group "interview" - what it turned out to be was an attempt to recruit people into sales (life insurance and used car). I noped out of there. I've also heard of this being a tactic with some MLMs.