You’re Hired! No Interview Required in Tight Labor Market

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You’re Hired! No Interview Required in Tight Labor Market​

By Sarah Chaney Cambon
Dec. 10, 2022 5:30 am ET

Some employers racing to snap up workers in the tight labor market are omitting a step once considered crucial to hiring: the job interview.

United Parcel Service Inc. has bulked up its staff without conducting job interviews for package handlers and seasonal drivers. Home Depot Inc. has sent job offers as quickly as 24 hours after candidates apply, in some cases eliminating the interview process. Gap Inc. has dropped job interviews for some warehousing positions.

Many of the positions that don’t require interviews are hourly and in sectors with elevated rates of turnover, such as warehousing and retail. The abandonment of the job interview, while still a rarity, is happening at companies trying to fill certain roles as the labor market slowly cools from its rebound from the pandemic.

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You’re Hired! No Interview Required in Tight Labor Market

Some companies are dropping interviews for hourly and temporary roles amid a persistent shortage of workers.

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Home Depot Inc. has sent job offers as quickly as 24 hours after candidates apply

does that mean candidates don't have to take a drug test any more?

 

[Casey Jones]

does that mean candidates don't have to take a drug test any more?

...or produce a Jab Card?

Or is it, they wait until you get USED to these (relatively) big paychecks, and THEN drop the hammer...Jab or starve.

Not playing. I want the interview - both so that they can see if I fit in, and so I can see what kind of people THEY are.