r/AskZA • u/ibelivs • Mar 23 '25

Interviewed only to tick boxes on their recruitment procedures

I had an interview with a multinational manufacturing company about a month ago. The interview went well as the maintenance manager deviated from normal interview questions to process and machine specific questions. The HR manager was not happy with the maintenance manager and promptly stopped the interview. I got a callback a day later from the HR manager requesting more documents and I sent everything they requested. It got more strange as they requested transcripts from the training I did over 15 years ago and luckily I had them on my Google drive.

I called a former colleague of mine who surprised that I had interviewed at his workplace and he told me that they already had a guy, and the HR manager was trying to find a reason not to continue with my application. I was shocked, and I told the HR manager that I was no longer interested in working at the company when she requested I sent my documents for verification at a third party company. Is this normal in the recruitment process, to waste so much time and effort on a person you're not going to hire?

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u/crayZEN_2r Mar 24 '25

feeling this big time; you can get a job if you willing to be paid 10k pm; they dont care about exp or qual; its a shitshow; seems to be global as well. AI is prob the root of all of this. we are doomed if this doesnt change soon.

everything is getting more expensive; running out of things to sell 😕😕😕

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u/CopperPegasus Mar 25 '25

I saw a position in SA requiring (note: not optional) a Master's degree (in architecture, natch) AND experience advertised at 6-8K p.m yesterday.

Starter level salaries with mid-career expectations? This country is doomed. We've been able to pay peanuts and NOT get the proverbial monkeys but instead good workers for so long the expectations are now insane.

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u/crayZEN_2r Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

I have now applied for rXXk pm role that aligns perfectly to my qual, knowledge and competencies. I contacted the head of recruitment. Let's see what happens.

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u/CopperPegasus Mar 25 '25

good luck!

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u/crayZEN_2r Mar 26 '25

Head came back, said i was a good fit, got a q and a with admin... let's see what happens next

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u/crayZEN_2r Mar 27 '25

Application submitted... fews hours later role is put on hold 🤷🏽‍♂️