There’s the issue right there — the wrong people are doing the screening.

I know in that particular case, I was more than happy to walk away.

The whole interview situation is getting more and more ridiculous, especially when they outsource interviews. It’s a lie that there aren’t qualified people for these jobs — the companies have idiots doing the screening, and intelligent, competent, qualified people are turned off to those companies.

Once I had to “interview” with an “onboarding” service. It was absurd. It was the firm that required 1) reading and passing an email protocol guidelines test, 2) $2 million in liability coverage (and I was expected to take on responsibility for any projects for 12 months after my participation ended), 3) written documentation that I was indeed a contractor and not an employee, 4) a signed waiver saying I’d not collect workers’ compensation from the company, and 5) assume all liability for mistakes, even if someone else on the team made them.

That wasn’t all they expected, but that’s the top five. Needless to say, they wrote it themselves.

I thank them for the time and move on.