People should get paid for interviews, amirite?

Yeah I agree. I've gotten jobs where I talked to one guy for a half hour and I know like immediately if I got it or not, would make no sense for those people to have to pay. But I once applied for a job that required an hour long assessment before you even interviewed, I made it through three rounds of hour long interviews, sent in a writing sample, had another random hour long meeting with another boss at the company, just to get a rejection email. I was so pissed lol

by prosaccoallie 1 week ago

While I don't think that interview should need to he compensated. I do think that if they give you a project to work on like that writing sample. I do think some of those should be. Depending on how long it is I've heard of projects thay take like 3 hours. At the vary least these companies can give you like $15 for some lunch.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Hell, I interviewed at a crispy Kreme and they gave me a free dozen to take home and then hired me a few days later. 🤷🏼‍♂️

by Icy-Elderberry 1 week ago

What was the job for just curious? Quite the gauntlet

by giovanni43 1 week ago

Hey, come on now!! OP had to shave for it and everything!

by Narrow_Candy 1 week ago

I got as far as "preparing for an interview is exhausting" and started to laugh. OP is not going to last in this world.

by Glass_Ambition_1095 1 week ago

Just pay for all expenses since he was born.

by qmcglynn 1 week ago

all the time he spent in school learning to read and write.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I feel like the companies that rejected him really dodged a bullet

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Haha, literally late every day because he "just can't".

by Glass_Ambition_1095 1 week ago

I was like, what kind of exhausting preparations is OP doing? shaving mental preparation (whatever that means) bruh

by Aliyawuckert 1 week ago

It sounds like op is in need of therapy for his anxiety

by blanchemuller 1 week ago

God knows why Gen Z get such a bad rap

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Definitely because of this one guy that everyone is making fun of!

by Kuhnjohanna 1 week ago

Guess not realizing openings would drop to practically zero if companies had to pay for interviews

by No-Comment-7181 1 week ago

Was there a recent thing about zoomers getting therapy after doing their first taxes? Reminds me of that.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yah, I've actually had a couple of companies with a long process compensate me for those. But just the phone screen and round 1? Just gotta take that.

by Velva83 1 week ago

Also part of why most companies use a recruiter, either internal or external. You're just losing time compensating that person who's role is just that versus pulling someone else off of a project for some time.

by Velva83 1 week ago

I want OP to tell us his opinion on dating...

by yadirahills 1 week ago

Taco Bell, fancy

by veumyoshiko 1 week ago

I know, plus show the ladies I'm a man of multicultural tastes and can get down with the ethic food

by Goodwinboyd 1 week ago

Ya you can really tell why this guy is unemployed if shaving and getting dressed is a chore for him.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

He should be paid to tell you his opinion

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The government should pay for all of us going on dates because they benefit from the babies people have

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You shave and dress up and its does take your time more often than not ending nowhere so, 50$ a date?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

OP feels entitled to 50 bucks if he has to take on the monumental task of shaving and picking out clothes for the date.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I've joked at work before that I should be able to count my work dreams/night mares as time worked and get paid for it, and as ridiculous as that would be, I feel like it's more feasable than OPs idea of getting paid to interview.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You don't think you should get paid for the exhausting effort of shaving and putting on nice clothes?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

On the bright side it would eliminate these companies with ridiculous 3 rounds of interviews lol

by lenoreconroy 1 week ago

Right…a truly terrible take. The pseudo-intellectual reference to communist/socialist ideals, perverted to fit their narrative and avoid any personal accountability is unreal. Yikes

by Human_Pie735 1 week ago

Well come on, he did have to shave.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Giving all your payroll info for every interview would be a nightmare and a huge security risk

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's a stupid idea on its face, but this wouldn't really be an issue. They could just cut a check on the spot, no need to add them to payroll.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

But you would. Without your address ssn and everything else they can't get your taxes correct. They can't report it to the IRS correctly. Let's say they just cut you a check and you go to 50 interviews. The amount you would owe come tax season would destroy most people because they don't save money to pay their taxes.

by Imaginary-Rub-6436 1 week ago

If they don't bust $600, and it would be incredible if they did via this, it wouldn't make a difference.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The idea by OP is ridiculous but this is definitely not the reason why it's ridiculous. If taxes were a real issue here (they're not), it seems like it's the problem of the person who's getting paid to go to like 100 interviews if they can't figure out the tax situation.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's not how getting paid works

by Dean86 1 week ago

This is absolutely great comedy material !! " I need to get compensated since I shaved and got dressed " LMFAO

by cheyenneconroy 1 week ago

Them: What do you do for a living? Him: I go on interviews

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"It aint much but its honest work"

by Anonymous 1 week ago

But OP went to 4 (FOUR) interviews and had to miss time for his hobbies so that $80 he feels entitled to is really his biggest problem… lmao.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

OP also said their degree is in Mathematics & Physics but not only did it take them 8 years to graduate college, they were a C student except when they got 3 Bs and a D The abysmal call back rate and total rejection makes me think this person is just not skilled or smart enough to successfully break into whatever jobs they are applying to.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I got plenty of callbacks with Cs and Bs primarily. I also put a ton of effort into my part time jobs while in school and soft skills entering the workforce. I took the career center's seminars at my school seriously and been told I interview incredibly strong. 10 years into an analyst/PM/PO role in software dev and the soft skills have always been super important.

by Velva83 1 week ago

That's a great testament to the fact that straight A students aren't necessarily perfect for the job and how much soft power and maximizing the skills and knowledge you do have (and how much you can grow) can really help you. Congrats!!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Half of my career has been maintaining good working relationships with people who know more than I know, and being able to always find an answer. People are willing to help you out if you aren't throwing them under the bus or stretching them too far. Always willing to deflect for a trusted colleague.

by Velva83 1 week ago

Also, the less questions you're being asked, take it as a sign they're not interested in you.

by jaylen17 1 week ago

If OP thinks maintaining basic hygiene and being presentable is a job - it's not surprising that they're not getting hired.

by Distinct-Watch 1 week ago

I've had a couple of jobs (that I ended up taking) that did build a long process into compensation structure. Really does seem like anti work bait or someone who just took their first career interview.

by Velva83 1 week ago

As a hiring manager, I cant tell you the number of applicants who apply just so they can meet their unemployment requirements to apply for jobs and have no intentions of getting the job (i.e. I call them to come in for an interview and no feedback) Add another incentive of paying people to come in for interviews, and it will create professional interviewers who interview for the money with no intention of getting the job and thus wasting more time on the recruiting side. If OP thinks the cost of interviews are expensive, wait until he finds out how much college costs which sole intention to get a job

by ugibson 1 week ago

That's gen z for you lol they think they deserve everything for just being alive. Comical.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

But don't you know? They didn't ask to be born, they were forced to. So they they do deserve it./s

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is what women argue. "You should pay for the date because I got dressed and put on makeup."

by Flimsy-Leopard 1 week ago

And those women are just as wrong as OP.

by Round_District 1 week ago

My eyes almost rolled out of my head.

by Sweet-Percentage 1 week ago

My man did the bare minimum and wants some money.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If it becomes mandatory, it will just make the interview bar higher. Companies will only interview folks that have a high chance of getting in. Companies already spend money for you to be interviewed(they pay the interviewer). Otherwise, direct compensation to interviewees sometimes happens. At fancy trading firms for instance (hudson river trading) i heard they get an apple watch or something just for attending the on-site. At most tech companies they get their travel and hotel costs paid for. Why make the interviewer pay money to the candidate and not the other way around? Makes just as much sense.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I cannot believe you've had to shave for all four of the interviews you've had in the past 3 months. Someone start a GoFundMe for this guy!!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

He's only applied to 50 jobs in 3 months too. Dude can't even hit the 1 per day mark and gets exhausted picking out an outfit.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree, but logically it doesn't make sense.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I recently interviewed for a role that I really wanted. It required 9 rounds of interviews in total. One five hour on site interview with 5 different managers, a Powerpoint presentation, a 30 minute Q&A session afterwards and then finally an interview with an executive corporate counsel member. I passed all of this and was the finalist they chose to move forward in the role. We were in the salary negotiation stages when I got a call from the recruiter telling me that they would be closing the position and moving in another direction. All of my time and the time of nine employees wasted.

by ubaldookon 1 week ago

I mean, as a college graduate in debt just starting to look for a job. I'll let you know when I can pull $500 out my wazoo for a brand name suit, before buying a decent pair of shoes lol. Yeah a little over $100 for a suit from H&M/Target. Just for interviews since a lot of these office jobs don't really need suits anymore.

by riceerick 1 week ago

These days, interviews are done via webcam, so all you need is a jacket and nice shirt.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No, that sounds like a terrible idea.

by CandySad 1 week ago

Op should compensate us for the time spent reading his opinion.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Maybe you need more help with preparing for interviews so that you can land the job. Properly preparing for interviews is work but not work that should be compensated by the interviewer. Maybe you should pay them to schedule you an interview?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The difficult and exhausting ‘labour' of getting dressed? Even if you get a job I don't think you're prepared for it man

by Lucky_Animal 1 week ago

Why should he look at himself when he already did the world a favor by shaving?

by Brilliant_Field 1 week ago

No one wants you and you think you should get paid for wasting people's time with your lack of skills? You should pay for interviews.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't think anyone should pay for interviews.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Then i would just make a career of applying for interviews at low skill jobs and never accepting.

by PerfectLeader 1 week ago

How are they supposed to know if you're going on the interview for beer money?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Or… you should have to compensate the Interviewer for wasting their time. I imagine somebody with as dumb of an opinion as this could make six figures hustling interviews but doing such a bad job ( due to being stupid and unfit, not intentionally) that they never get hired. God it must be embarrassing to be laughed out of an interview. Thanks though for making it easier for the rest of us to be selected.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They're already getting compensated. It's called their paycheck

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think they meant the company should be compensated.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Don't think I would trust this kid with my dogs

by foconnell 1 week ago

That would be a great way to guarantee that you never, ever get called in for an interview.

by Comfortable_Chef 1 week ago

So what if someone lies across their resume and it becomes apparent during the interview? What if this person is just incredibly underprepared and hasn't spent a second preparing for an interview? Should they still get paid? Could this person just lie across their resume and application to get into as many places as possible, just so they can get the easy interview money? This just seems like an easy way to get worse applicants and ruin the chances for other people who are actually qualified. Yeah, interviewers can be bad sometimes, but so can the applicants. Doesn't make sense to pay when it's an entirely mutual thing.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is "unpopular opinion" not "dim wits on parade"

by Aric28 1 week ago

They do, it's called unemployment benefits.

by vboyle 1 week ago

Buddy wants to be paid for the "exhausting task" of getting dressed Every three weeks, he also had to shave. And put on shoes. He has spent dozens of minutes on this.

by Mcclurebernadet 1 week ago

Lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Coming from someone whos Gen Z... this dude does not represent us, his opinion is absolutely ridiculous and I promise some of us have brains

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I swear we aren't all like this.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is certainly an unpopular opinion. This said I think you need to exercise empathy on the employer side. I'd never pay anyone to come interview for a position as a biz owner unless they were necessary talent. But if your basically just trying out for the company, paying someone for that because of their "time" is crazy af to me

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Bruh. No. Lol.

by Independent_Duck8396 1 week ago

People would simply interview as a means of income...

by syost 1 week ago

oh sweet child, thanks for the laugh! Nothing you described as hard effort is hard. Shaving? and preparing mentally for an interview? come on.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If that becomes a law then 90% of people won't be interviewed.

by Abshiredianna 1 week ago

No way. THIS is a great example of why our generations get stuck with the stereotype of entitlement. This is basically akin to saying a girl owes you some sexual contact because of all the effort you made to go on a date. A restaraunt owes you free food because you took the time to transport yourself down to their location and made yourself presentable. You want something from them. They owe you nothing. It's up to you to check yourself and make sure you are doing everything you need to get the outcome you desire - if you don't get it, it's 100% on you. If the job isn't worth it to you, don't apply.

by Ok-Pea-2592 1 week ago

Life is going to be rough on you.

by No-School-6972 1 week ago

The problem is, as a job-seeker you really have no power to negotiate any kind of compensation. You're the one who wants the job, and they don't necessarily want to give it to you, so you need to put up with inconvenience and just impress the hell out of them. Been that way for millennia.

by SouthernAssistance 1 week ago

So you've not done any community service or volunteer work for your community? Ask your local animal shelter or food bank if they need help. You're not paid, but you'll learn that not every moment of your time will be compensated. Youre wasting the recruiters time by being an inellible applicant. Maybe you should pay them since they could have spent that time interviewing an appropriate candidate. See the mudslide yet?

by PromptHot 1 week ago

Interesting concept but I just don't see the sense in it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Dude just complaining about being an adult. Wait till he needs to go to work every day.

by NoWallaby 1 week ago

This is a wild ass take 😂😂😂

by hillsvictoria 1 week ago

Yeah and women should pay you for dates if they don't go on a second one with you

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This might discourage companies from casting a wide net for the best candidates, and just promoting from within more. It does take the interviewer some time, and the company's money, to prepare and conduct the interview. So I don't think they are being incentivized to conduct a lot of unnecessary interviews currently.

by AggravatingBet 1 week ago

Getting a job is already hard enough (for some), lets not make it harder

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree. Companies need employees and they should have to earn them.

by Yking 1 week ago

I agree with this purely because it forces companies to spend money when they don't want to. Nothing makes me happier.

by Lupeschimmel 1 week ago

i've been to 4 hour long interviews so i agree lol. i also wonder if this were the case would they focus on retaining good employees rather than hiring?

by Plus_Finish 1 week ago

I just wish I could get an interview. I've applied to over 300 tech jobs and not a single reply other than rejections.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

In a few instances, I have been.

by PsychologicalLook688 1 week ago

"Man ... I shaved my balls for THIS?!"

by Lgaylord 1 week ago

I pay for a working interview. Even if it's just an hour. Not for a ten to 15 minutes conversation

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree. Im intervieweing for a large online retailer and they could ship me an item in less time than I've spent interviewing/preparing. After my application got moved to the next level: 1) a 1 hour online assessment 2) 30 minute screening call with a recruiter 3) 1 hour interview 4) 30 minute call with the same recruiter to discuss next steps 5) 1 hour info session to learn about the final 5 hour interview 6) 30 minute 1 on 1 with an employee in a similar role 7) 5 hour interview To prepare for the 5 hour interview, I spent about 4 hours typing up an outline. They have 13 or so leadership principles and each interviewer in the 5 hour interview will ask you about 2-3 principles. They want a unique project to be related to eaxh principle so I had to somewhat prepare myself. Ridiculous

by Master-Past 1 week ago

I'd take it a step further and just completely scrap interviews for non-customer facing roles. Not everyone interviews well and trying to figure out whether or not you're doing well in an interview makes job hunting the IRL version of Calvinball.

by Eastern_Formal8350 1 week ago

Here's another unpopular opinion. Employers should reply within 24 hours after applicant sends their application/CV. There were a lot of cases, when I would send application and not receive any reply. But then randomly after a month or so would get an email from HR of those companies with a DEMAND to reply them within 24 hours and pass through their application test.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I had 2 interviews reimburse my mileage for the interview process. First one gave me $200 for a 1.7k round trip drive. And another paid me at $0.45 per km for a roughly 800km round trip.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So, I've been job hunting for three months now, and it's been really hard on me. So, far I've had four interviews, and since I live with my parents I don't have any expenses, I shouldn't be complaining, but I am. Interviews take a long time to prepare, every single one of those interviews I had to shave and really prepare myself mentally Do you think you'd have gotten 4 interviews if they had to pay you for attending? Prospective employers would be a lot more selective in choosing potential candidates, and you'd likely be less likely to get to the interview stage unless they had already decided based on your CV alone they want to hire you.

by Ahermiston 1 week ago

What's more, if I do interviews for a few months and get depressed and give up, I should be entitled to interview unemployment.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think prospective employers need to value the candidate's time more than they do. If you're going to hold 4 rounds of interviews with some being over 3 hours, that's not valuing anyone's time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think they should pay for transportation or do online interviews. Some do that.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I was paid like 80 bucks one time for an interview process

by Blang 1 week ago

Interviews at big companies used to be very different -- your travel and expenses would be paid for. Also, in high-skill sectors, they were a lot shorter and simpler. You might meet the manager, an experienced individual, and HR and that'd be it. Nowadays, interviews are insane -- 12 hours for one job sometimes, which no one with a job already could afford, let alone people without a job. The time to generate quality resumes and CLs and drum up networking opportunities is insane. I'm not sure I agree with being paid, but it is a stupid market, now. It's not a real market, as power dynamics are completely out of whack.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think it depends on the company and position. I had a possible interview/job offer for a high level position in a different city. Every thing was done over zoom but one of the higher up execs really wanted to meet in person. I agreed to it because it was a really nice sounding job and the people seemed chill. Even though nothing was discussed beforehand, they offered to compensate me for the hotel and travel after the interview. I got an offer but I didn't end up accepting it. They still kept their word and covered the hotel and travel costs. It's also a smaller company so I think the culture is very different compared to large megacorps, but companies like that do exist still. I agree though, multi-hour + multi-round interviews can become ridiculous and repetitive. How much can you even ask in a 12 hour interview that will gauge whether you want to hire someone or not that you won't know within the first two hours?

by Cloviscartwrigh 1 week ago

I think it is absolutely insane to make me go through 5 rounds of interviews... multiple hours each. Just to leave me with a short email and no feedback besides goodluck elsewhere

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Staples of all places actually paid me for an interview when I was in high school. I think you only got paid if you started the job but it seems like most people got that benefit.

by Money_Fish 1 week ago

i'd add onto this that travel time should be considered part of your workday. Leave your house at 8am, be home by 5 = full day

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You're doing fine, man. My dad's the most qualified guy I know and it took him 6 months to get a job offer

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Then way less people get interviewed and getting a job would be way harder.

by New_Brain_1416 1 week ago

I mean I have gone to interviews where I felt like my time was wasted so I understand where OP is coming from. But on the flip side, I've done interviews (from the hiring perspective) where it's obvious in an instant that the person lied on their resume and I can see they're wasting my time. I try to cut those interviews short as respectfully and quickly as possible but in no world am I gonna disrespectfully call them out to their face and risk creating a scene. If you consider shaving and getting dressed a really heavy mental lift, I think you have other, higher priority issues to work out. That's not really considered labour anywhere. Do you think people who have to be clean shaven regularly for their jobs should get paid for having basic hygiene skills? I'm not against that personally, but that's more of an expectation, not a paid reward.

by Cloviscartwrigh 1 week ago

Queue people becoming professional interviewees

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You think getting dressed and cleaned up for an interview is hard, imagine doing that for work Monday through Friday 8 hours a day not including commute time. Imagine that for the rest of your working life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So I actually did just get paid for an interview the other week. This company said after an initial screening that I would do a "project" (it was answering questions). Upon completion, I would get paypal-ed $150. There was a second project for more, but I didn't get that far. I respected their openness in the interview and definitely gave it my best shot with money on the line.

by konopelskizelda 1 week ago

If they did, many people would get wrongfully hired to save money.

by kochleila 1 week ago

Bro what. Get out of your parents house and see the real world

by Kubjennyfer 1 week ago

Just have a UBI. Problem solved as it removes the need for a job just to survive, and rather be a means to live a little better instead. I wouldn't expect to be compensated for an interview unless - they use it as an excuse to do the job for a day - make me travel a great distance eg. flight - generally take the piss with 50 rounds, useless tests etc.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Hmm. Not doing any actual work....so....no. But, if one had to endure a 6 hour interview like I did recently, then the prospective employer should take the candidate out to lunch P.s. I didn't get the job or lunch.

by Anonymous 1 week ago