You are filtering for the most desperate candidates, not the most suitable ones
A candidate who had applied for jobs before knows that his chances for getting a reply are in the low single digits. Now you are offering them to waste some time for probably the same. Only the most desperate will go through with this
This feels like bingo to me. The optional ”creative questions” will be filled by those who have more free time (ie not currently employed), and those who can use LLMs. If you want genuinely mission-passionate applicants you’ll need to talk to them, which means spending your time too, not just theirs.
>You are filtering for the most desperate candidates, not the most suitable ones
Maybe. I'd say "motivated" rather than desperate. Desperation might motivate, but another motivation might be that this is a job that is a really good fit for me, or is a company I really want to work with. As opposed to a job I could do but isn't a good fit.
