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I love Penny Arcade, but holy shit!
In the video, Robert said that Penny Arcade has their applicants go through, something like, 6-7 steps in the interview process. Uh, wow.
Is this standard policy or is it simply a small business/Penny Arcade thing? I mean, that's insane...in my opinion.
It was equally as disturbing when they started talking about GPAs and preferred the applicants who had GPAs over 3.5 to applicants who only had GPAs around 3.0. This type of thing makes having a 2.5 GPA truly disheartening.
I also found it odd that it seemed like the only people in the video they interviewed, over the phone or whatever, were female.
When I was applying to be a Police Officer, I was only required to make it through 4-5 rounds, and two of those rounds consisted of a physical and written test.
Has anyone else experienced a similarly rigorous interview process?
In the video, Robert said that Penny Arcade has their applicants go through, something like, 6-7 steps in the interview process. Uh, wow.
Is this standard policy or is it simply a small business/Penny Arcade thing? I mean, that's insane...in my opinion.
It was equally as disturbing when they started talking about GPAs and preferred the applicants who had GPAs over 3.5 to applicants who only had GPAs around 3.0. This type of thing makes having a 2.5 GPA truly disheartening.
I also found it odd that it seemed like the only people in the video they interviewed, over the phone or whatever, were female.
When I was applying to be a Police Officer, I was only required to make it through 4-5 rounds, and two of those rounds consisted of a physical and written test.
Has anyone else experienced a similarly rigorous interview process?
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Well yeah that was mostly my point.
It's not random, there's a reason for it.
SO I'm not sure why Slider is upset.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
...You're aware they didn't show the whole process, right? Everyone was interviewed multiple times, examined in different ways and so on. With such a small company, it's apparently important for them for the person to fit in.
I must have missed that part
it seemed similar to how I got hired
seriously, you think the process they showed us a part of is inhumane?
At the start of the interview process, Khoo gives each applicant a puppy to train. At the end, each applicant must kill the puppy to prove their loyalty.
Haha. Anyway...
Maybe it's just my frustration at continually being passed up for positions that I would truly enjoy and appreciate. It's understandable, seeing as how I don't have applicable experience...and my GPA sucks, but it's still a bitter pill to swallow.
I've heard that Microsoft also has some unorthodox interviewing procedures.
Did... did you watch the other hiring episodes from season 1? Basically at this point they're kind of testing for personality fit more than anything else.
They can do this because they have the luxury of doing so as a small company. As a company that depends quite a bit on creative collaberation between employees I imagine they feel it's a very important thing to get right.
It's not an unheard of concept for the hiring process at a company like Penny Arcade.
One example I saw in a similar discussion: the interviewer gives the candidate a red pen, and says, "This pen is blue."
I'm in sales/marketing, and I've seen a fair few unorthodox hiring methods, because a sheet of paper can't tell you everything about a person's aptitude for a job that involves talking to people. One interview I went to involved group activities, having a conversation with an interviewer in front of maybe fifty other people, interviewing other candidates, and giving a pre-prepared talk.
I'm not saying that they're necessary for every company and every position, but when personality counts so much, it makes sense.
On the other hand, my first job out of uni had two questions at the interview:
1) Are you legally allowed to work in the UK?
2) Can you read this script?
Then they put me straight on the phones, trying to get people interested in solar heating. Of course, that job had very high turnover; I always thought that the true hiring process was that first week, when you were under pressure to get your first lead on the board and prove you could hack it.
They went around the table, asking us questions, and I would basically echo the answer of the previous applicant. We finally were given a break, during which I chose to make a break for it, and left the interview.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3916173
Sadly, it's a result of the climate, and it's not going to get better for quite a while since, given the state of affairs, a lot of people are choosing to go back to school (as I am). That means that two-four years from now, there's going to be a bunch more people fresh out of college applying for that once-comfy-but-now-kind-of-mediocre job.
Sign of the times.
But, still, nowhere near inhumane (at least, I'm sure it's no less humane than working around guys who make dick jokes for a living /sarcasm).
I think the thing to take away from it is that, if the place really wants you for some skill or quality, your GPA will mean little. It is an easy way to differentiate among a pool of similarly qualified applicants though.
Going back to school and accumulating more debt isn't really prudent right now.
I am curious, for the next Child's Play charity drive, could hospitals in Mexico, or children's charities, for victims of the drug cartel violence be added?
The city of Mexicali has almost a million people, is relatively peaceful compared to other regions of the U.S. - Mexico border, and is also the state capital. It has a fairly strong economy, which I think helps keep the drug cartels under control, instead of the other way around.
With that said, I think approaching the Mexican Consulate in Calexico, California, would be a good start for finding the right charity or children's hospital. I currently live near Calexico, and can either get someone the contact information or approach the Consular and explain what CP can do. (I have sent an email to the CP website and posted on the Facebook profile this same idea.)
Thanks.
Obviously you'd want some kind of legal protection as a last-resort safety, but when you're dealing with such a specialized environment, the best protection is just being able to find someone for the job who won't get offended or litigious about things like that.
I've worked at four companies, and three of them had hiring processes similar to PA, where culture fit was a big part of the interview process. The only one that didn't was Boeing, and a terrible culture fit was partially why I left there.