Noticed a huge shift in how I approach job interviews over the last 10 years

Back in 2014 I would walk into interviews with a printed resume and just hope they liked my personality. Now I spend 2 hours researching the company on LinkedIn and Glassdoor before every meeting. The questions are way different too. They used to ask 'where do you see yourself in 5 years' and now it's all about specific project examples and metrics. I think the change came from companies getting burned by bad hires too many times. Has anyone else felt like interviews got way more technical and less about just getting along with the manager?

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bettyroberts24d ago

Companies are basically crowdsourcing their vetting now, treating every candidate like a data point instead of a person.

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the_amy24d ago

Ask for the scoring rubric before you invest time in the application.

josepha3224d ago

Bettyroberts, try asking for the scoring rubric upfront.