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Got a job that way in hard to get into industry. Was told not hiring, I filled out application, gave zero shits. Under reference I put “a love for ___(industry) ___”. Went for nearly every joke could on the form.
Somehow got a call within days from way high up. Told him I was being waited on to tee off on hole 3 iirc. Couldn’t talk.
Was true but dgaf move.
Called him back, got job.
Got fired quickly.
Wait what was my point?
POV: You are applying for the MIB
No chance.
They use the answers of these online questions to filter people on what they want. Once they have people that match the criteria, they then review the resume and pass the resume onto the person doing the interview.
Every damn time
If you can’t do the same repetitive task only TWICE then I can assure you most jobs are not right for you
R E S U M E:
High School Name: See electronic form output
…
I’m pretty sure the company I work for has both attach resume and some create profile bs. As a hiring manager I don’t look at anything other than the attached resume. I wouldn’t even notice the info typed in, which is a shame because I’d actually consider it a bonus for someone to recognise and call out the bs. Keep doing that as well as identifying and implementing fixes and you’ll go far as long as I have a say.
It’s funny…but not a way to get whatever that job that is
100% not even getting a sniff.
I’ve legit done this.
I fucken HATE redundancy. Like HATE IT
The way we all want to respond 👏
So they can easily search candidates information. Some resumes are atrocious and this way ensures key data points are collected without action on the part of the company. Annoying, but you gotta play the game if you want a job.
Congrats on fucking it up.
Just fill it out, that’s the stuff that goes in a database so they can search for qualified candidates. They read the resume afterwards.
This data can be used in automated programming to weed out candidates who dont meet your criteria, identify candidates for alternative roles, and a few other purposes. Its specifically helpful for roles that might recieve a hundred or more applications. Source: hiring manager.
Fun, but no human will see your application. They don’t care about your resume. Only their online tool that puts all the info in a consistent and searchable form.
At least you could do it online. When I was job hunting, they needed me to print the application, fill it out by hand, and scan it back to them. This was during the height of the pandemic when public libraries were closed down. I walked 3 miles to my former employer to get this taken care of and there was not one thing in the application that wasn’t on my resume.
They are also tests for following directions and paying attention to redundant tasks – which almost every job has.
If you can’t enter your name properly in multiple places…..perhaps you don’t pay attention all that well.
I really hate this when applying for jobs – company will insist you add a CV (UK resume) then the rest of the application form will ask for work history entries from oldest to most recent, and education, all as compulsory fields in the form.
Asking me to do the same work twice before even being employed does not sound good for your company.
You think that not being able to take 3 minutes to do a simple task and gives smart ass answers , is going to get a job?
Also, the computer program that screens this doesn’t care if you’re ‘funny’.. so no humans, other than us, will even read it.
Welcome to the department of redundancy department
I like the ones that read the resume and pulls out the info
Your question is a good one: “Why did you ask for my resume?” Where I work (government) the form you filled out referencing your resume is used by Human Resources to make a first cut of people who don’t satisfy the minimum requirement for the job. That said, it would be a poorly written form for my work. We don’t care which school you went to, only that you have a degree (a minimum qualification) although we do care where you worked previously because one of the minimum qualifications is relevant prior work experience.
If you meet minimum qualifications as determined from a form like this your application is forwarded to people like me who use your resume (presumably containing a little more information than the form) to ask questions in your interview in part to determine whether you’d be a good fit.
The form and the resume: two different things for two different uses.
I sure you didn’t submit this
Do you want them to assume you made a thorough resume? A resume is meant to be a more of personality stepping stone to getting you the interview, not just a database of answered questions.
I feel like most people here are missing the point.
Online form: standardizes info input so a database can be created to easily filter people in/out.
Resume: Non-standard, allows candidate room to expand on details that wouldn’t fit on a form
The form is step 1. The resume is step 2.
Yes, it’s the same info, but not the *exact* same info, and the stuff that *is* exact is very often easily auto-filled.
I get it, it sucks, but it’s not like they’re arbitrarily doing it to fuck with people. And many places are at least making an attempt to fix it–I’d say roughly 75% of bigger companies have an auto-fill that attempts to fill it out for you. But since we’ve had a century of professionals telling us to “make your resume creative and stand out” it’s always going to be a challenge.
Definitely not hired. Written like a moron and by a moron who is ignorant of the fact that it’s an automated process to filter candidates by minimum eligibility for the job.
When you see those “Apply at company website” almost 9 out of 10 you get hit with these fucking time wasters. I skip and go back to scrolling Indeed/Monster/Dice and apply elsewhere.
I would not hire someone who doesn’t properly spell “you”.
They want someone to do the data entry. Your resume needs to go in the system, that’s why you’ve to type it.
You think you’re important enough that someone else will do it for you? Nah, that only works for upper management positions.
“See resume” comes across far more professional and less cocky.
I just don’t apply to companies that do this. To me, it’s the best indicator of a bad culture
Probably the employee who’ll read agrees with you.
I was going to say you should be hired until I noticed you are too lazy to type out the three letters of the word, “you.”
In my experience it’s been the shit jobs that have you do this
LOL@ people defending having to do this.
“Tell me you have little-to-no job experience without telling me you have little-to-no job experience.”