A job I don't really want is looming in Portland
Today was more was more tail chasing with a certain large company's HR department. She left messages as soon as I left the house and than disappeared for the rest of the day. She telecommutes which I think means that she is at home. Her message said Wednesday is telecommute day, that is except when she isn't. She offered an over the phone interview on Friday and I accepted. Interestingly neither of us has spoken to each other yet.
After a similiar job interview over the phone to a secret remote work site in the middle of Alaska, I am not holding my breathe in anticipation. They work from a generic script and I respond to such chestnuts as "where do you see yourself in 10 years". This company does this because they have been sued by every dicernable interest group known to man. Do you doubt me? How about a group made up of only western asians? That's right only Afghanis, Pakistanis, Indians and Bengladeshis need aplly.
The company's response was to make the interview as bland and non-specific as possible and of course to conduct it over the phone. Where this is all heading I can't guess. Maybe interviews will be conducted by robots with random programming. There wouldn't be bias if the questions asked weren't germane to anything.