Also other trends that, thankfully in my experience, have not yet made their way to tech. I suspect it is only a matter of time, though...
A lot of non-technical positions I have seen and heard about (including non entry-level positions) require a video of the candidate to describe themselves and why they would be a good fit for the position. That just sounds awful to me.
One company said I had to make a video of myself..and then the final interview would be singing a song of my choice in front of the entire company through video conferencing.
This was for a software engineer position. I didn't even bother going on the interview. I feel like the purpose was to see what they could get you to do.
You'd think this would be a massive liability seeing the candidate's race, sex, attractiveness, etc. Unless that was the intention so that they could optimize for specific demographics they want to hire for - even if it is illegal.
Been through that one time, I should do more of those and just sing Merry Christmas for fun, ideal for wasting time and potentially lighten up the day of the other person who had to watch/listen to these nonsense.
I've had that exact thing happen to me once, and it was for a developer internship position no less. This type of stuff might be coming, at least where I am currently.
