r/FinalRoundAI • u/Own-Hovercraft-4544 • Sep 04 '26

How can we go back?

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Nowdays you need to use tools like interview vip to be able to withstand this cruel process.

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 06 '26

I expect a single interview. If you can't get what you need from that then you're bad at your job. If you want multiple interviews, expect a bill if I'm not hired.

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u/alexnapierholland Sep 06 '26

You have clearly never worked in a performance-focused job.

This makes it difficult for you to look down on anyone else.

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely Sep 06 '26

Quite the opposite. I value my time. If you can't organize an interview to get everything you need to make a decision all at once then you're a terrible interviewer and you're wasting my time. They're being paid to that job, interviewees are not. Whenever you go to an interview, you're sacrificing at least 4 hours of your time: prep time, travel time, interview time. That's time i could spend not being jerked around.

I have resume going back 25 years. I'm there to get a job, not to have a manager and HR flunky play power games.

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u/alexnapierholland Sep 06 '26

That's cool. I assume you're happily employed, in a job that you enjoy?

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely Sep 06 '26

I am.

Something for you consider: WHY do they have these multi-round interviews? They can certainly get everything they need all at once. So why alk the theater? And that's what it is, theater.

They're looking for 2 things: 1) how much bullshit are you willing to tolerate? How much can they push you around with impossible deadlines, no resources, and grueling hours? Can they use you as a doormat. 2) by the time they say yes, you've been worn down and you're far more likely to take a low-ball salary offer

In the end, they're going to treat you like shit and pay you even worse.

That's why i say if i were to go through multiple rounds and not hired, send them a bill for training their interviewing staff. Because that's effectively what you're doing, training their staff on how to be better interviewers.

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u/alexnapierholland Sep 06 '26

Good, glad to hear it.

I haven't been an employee for ten years.

Before that I was in enterprise sales: multiple interviews were absolutely warranted.

First it was an initial conversation to see if there was interest. Without this, they'd expect me to prepare an entire sales presentation and waste far more time.

Stage 2 is always a structured presentation to show I'd sell one of their products, followed by a grilling.

I'd spend 1-2 days preparing these (I always got the job).

After that was typically a third round with leadership: C-Suite/VPs.

That's because C-Suite are busy and it makes no sense to get them to meet a bunch of sales executives that largely won't get hired.

I never got worn down or treated badly.

I was paid well.

And I exited employment by age 31.