Connected Magazine

No end to never-ending tech job interviews

Are tech companies still carrying out multiple interviews and asking candidates to work on assignments for free? Jonathan Keane takes a look

Ryan Valles and Soham Mehta of Interview Kickstart: “Nobody loves the process”

How long does it take to suss out a job candidate? For tech companies, that time is getting longer and longer.

Tech companies are increasingly putting candidates through the wringer with several interview stages and practical tests to prove not just their technical ability but also their personality, or “culture fit”, to use a common term in the industry.

One candidate, laid off last year by a major Irish tech firm during the slew of ...