When Emirates restarts cabin crew recruitment, they’ll also be adding an on-demand video interview to their recruitment process. The airline’s already using video interviews include Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Qantas and low-cost carrier, flydubai. But make no mistake – successfully passing an on-demand video interview is not easy. They’re designed to help recruiters weed out candidates from the thousands of applications they receive. In many cases, this is an additional element that has been added to the recruitment process. Sorry for ranting, I just feel like I lost a potentially big opportunity because of this awkward fucking hiring process.The cabin crew recruitment process is getting a BIG change – On-demand video interviews are becoming more and more popular with airlines around the world. who knows who is even watching people's videos on the other end?Īre HR people seriously too fucking lazy to put aside time to meet people irl for interviews now? If this becomes a thing that is normal in a few years, I'm gonna go berzerk.

It feels like a gross violation of privacy too. it feels like I am on display or auditioning for a role in a fucking movie instead of actually showcasing my professional skills. I don't even understand what is the point of interviewing this way. so if you stutter, have a Freudian slip, get sick on camera, you name it. And you don't even get to redo your video for each question. Have any of you had to experience the hell known as a HireVue 'interview'? It is literally talking to yourself and answering questions via webcam. (Not tagging industry/my current line of work for privacy reasons.

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