Shaking my fist in the air: “To be considered for this position, in addition to your resume, please create a 3-5 minute Loom video introducing yourself and showcasing your experience. I’d recommend - if possible - doing a screen share and showing some of your work as you talk about your experience. Send them to (email ID).”

Sorry, honey, not on the first date.

@estherschindler
large company? Can you get the email adress/number of the hiring person? Unless your interviewing for a media position, this is wild.
Def red flag.

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@vo1de It turned out to be a low paying contract gig, which makes it even more of a nope nope nope

@estherschindler way around
Discrimination laws? I have no idea why a company would ask for something like that.

@vo1de I expect they imagine it's more "personal" to see what someone is like.

But if you won't give up 5 minutes for me to find out what it's like to work with YOU why should I give up MY time?!

@estherschindler Ive seen listings that are all like = " to prove you can make a website make this website for us. In this code using our companys content as your example " or " prove you can coppywrite by writing this coppy for our companies website with our companies information for us"
flat out unpaid labor as a job application requirement.

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