Interview Presentations- Thoughts?

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May 4,2022 at 12:14AM UTC

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Interview Presentations- Thoughts?

What is everyone's opinion on doing interview presentations? I used to be ok with it ( I actually LOVE giving presentations in general) but long story short got burned by a place I had to do TWO (yes two!) 30 min presentations that required extensive pre-work along with several interviews only to find out they weren't moving foward due to pay/experience being misaligned (side note I brought this up after the first one and they made it sound like a non issue- clearly I dodged a bullet). But I am still looking for my next role and recently had HR at a place say they include a 30 min presentation. After what I recently went through I am honestly over it- on both sides to be fair! I hired someone who nailed their presentation only to be AWFUL at the actual job (which involved building powerpoints, which leads me to believe they maybe didn't even do their own work) but I just dont get these anymore. Curious everyone's view?

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Tomilyn RichardsMay 4,2022 at 12:21PM UTC
30 min presentations are LONG... two is even more crazy. I have only seen presentations used twice in the last 5 years... mainly in marketing/sales and an Engineering Products role. I think if used correctly it is ok, but it should not require an enormous amount of extra time and absolutely should be at the final stage as to not have multiple candidates doing this.
AnonymousMay 6,2022 at 3:27PM UTC
I think interviewers need to be mindful of how much work they're asking candidates to do! The work also really needs to correspond with what they're actually doing on the job.