We need an Employers Don't Want to Really Hire subreddit. Case in point:
Today I spent 45 minutes filling out an application for a call center role that had shit pay. Fine, ok, i need a job, I can deal for a bit. At the very end, they requested an unskippable virtual interview. I hate those, but again, need job.
the damned thing literally wanted me to sit there and talk for a WHOLE TWO MINUTES about why I wanted to work for them.. It wouldn't let me move forward til two minutes had been recorded. I ran out of things to say and I finally just said, “Ok, we're done here, there's nothing you can't ask me over Zoom in this. Stop trying to discriminate before the interview.” and dropped out.
Yet, No OnE WAntS tO WoRk AnYmORe!
They sent me a form email asking me to finish my application. I sent a reply, which will likely go unread, but here it is;
“No, I won't be doing that. There's no need for virtual interviews, especially ones requiring me to talk for two minutes about why I want to work for your company. It's nothing more than a way to discriminate before an interview, and all it proves is that someone is good at talking to a camera.
I'm going with a company that more closely aligns with my needs and goals.”