Call on candidates to boycott company recording practice during interview

New / Mgmt
TUnh64

New Mgmt

 TUnh64
Jul 20, 2021 23 Comments

They need respect your privacy and law.

Reached out by recruiter from Wayfair.
Were told need to go through a video interview.
Surprised to find that their interview provider do recordings for the whole interview time.

"All technical interviews are recorded and accessible to the hiring team."
https://karat.com/candidates/how-it-works/

Not a good sign. What else companies do recordings?
I knew Scale AI use another platform do recording, so I asked them not.

TC: peanuts #tech #recording

update:
I don't trust small brands unless its big. Real time video communication are sufficient for technical assessment. Do recordings seems redundant. Call on everyone to boycott recordings companies and ask them to respect your privacy. I will quit their interview if companies do not provide other options other than recording dependent.

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  • New
    amazon_bye

    New

    amazon_bye
    Why it is a problem?
    Jul 20, 2021 4
    • New / Mgmt
      TUnh64

      New Mgmt

       TUnh64
      OP
      I don't trust small brands unless its big. Real time video communication is sufficient for such assess. No need to do recordings. I will quit their Staff interview if the company do not have other options.
      Jul 20, 2021
    • New
      amazon_bye

      New

      amazon_bye
      Then just quit... i dont have problem with them
      Jul 20, 2021
  • Wayfair
    zNuG44

    Go to company page Wayfair

    zNuG44
    L4 (senior engineer) TC is 350k+.
    L5 (staff engineer) TC is 550k+.
    L6 (principal engineer) TC is 800k+.
    Jul 21, 2021 5
    • New / Mgmt
      TUnh64

      New Mgmt

       TUnh64
      OP
      levels.fyi shows L4 is their staff level, average 10 years experience, earning 300k - 420 k. No data points for 550k+.
      Jul 21, 2021
    • Wayfair
      zNuG44

      Go to company page Wayfair

      zNuG44
      Recently retitled folks to be inline with FAANG.

      L4 was staff, now senior.
      L5 was senior staff, now staff.
      L6 was principal, still principal.

      There’s only a handful of ICs at L5+, take a look at management paybands.
      Jul 22, 2021
  • New
    dbrx13

    New

    dbrx13
    Recording candidates is impersonal and creepy. Why should this company have recorded access to someone answering questions. It’s one-way like a mirror in a police station. Naw.
    Jul 20, 2021 0
  • eBay
    lrJV61

    Go to company page eBay

    lrJV61
    I believe it’s illegal to record calls in California unless they get explicit consent. Where are you based?
    Jul 20, 2021 5
    • New / Mgmt
      TUnh64

      New Mgmt

       TUnh64
      OP
      WA has similar no recording law. Need 2 way consent before recording.
      Jul 20, 2021
    • Adobe
      uutyhjfmkc

      Go to company page Adobe

      uutyhjfmkc
      Right consent will be there and you might have checked accept unknowingly is what am saying.
      Jul 21, 2021
  • Intuit
    TRrv02

    Go to company page Intuit

    TRrv02
    I wish some companies record their interviews. Some of the interviewers have very visible bias (by race, nation, color). There is no way for companies to notice this. Some advantages of this : sometimes people of your own race discriminate against you. This is mostly never thought in interview trainings/discussed. But recordings will help companies identify biases. Also it would prevent interviewers with biases to give wrong reviews knowing that they are on camera. This is in an ideal world but companies wont do this because they fear they can be taken to court.
    Jul 20, 2021 1
    • New / Mgmt
      TUnh64

      New Mgmt

       TUnh64
      OP
      That is possible. If both party have control over videos, things become simple. Either can delete will be optimal. However, above video platform is only accessible to Hiring team.
      Jul 21, 2021