Trending @Cognizant; Unprofessional Interview Experience
Hi All,
I have been giving interviews in multiple companies Top MNCs and mid size companies too. Not sure why in most of my interviews, the interviewer never turns on their camera. It is always me who is on video and they can stay on mute and be off video and continue. Agreed that we are the ones interviewing and obviously it's mandatory for us to be on camera.
However, it is equally mandatory for an interviewer as well to be on camera. This shows your professionalism and your companies professionalism. You are not only representing yourself, but also your company. I have had multiple calls with clients, even at random times random calls just normal touchbases as well, never has a client ever come without a video. They are very professional, and active during calls. While Indians we lack professionalism and etiquettes. People think of themselves as god after gaining 5-10 YOE.
FIX YOUR ATTITUDE GUYS.
Agree with you, you don't represent yourself only but your company too. I had seen this in many MNCs while interviewing and 95% of times they don't turn on video and ask Candidates to stay on Video call. Also, 70-80% time i have seen they make a lame excuse that their internet is not quite stable. Btw...i had given 4 rounds of Interviews once in Google and guess what? Every single time Interviewer was on Video call too. That show how professional they are !. This year i took some technical interview too and every time i had make sure that I'm on video call too.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It's good to hear atleast Google employees are professional. I interviewed at Walmart. Interviewer gave a question and picked up her phone and started scrolling. Then she picked up water and started drinking. Then 5 mins later she turned of her video and only turned it at the end because she needed a screenshot that she conducted interview. 🤦
In Walmart too? That's certainly a bad experience. That's what most of the interviewer does when they don't turn on videos.
It's simply unprofessional, nothing more. When I take interviews, my camera always stays on. It's is how professional do, and not every interviewer is professional.
Yup. No matter if it's a technical lead or a VP everyone should be on camera and talk professionally
I think who ever is interviewing don't want to give you his identity as everyone will know who is the person related to interview and people try to maybe reach out to him my answer might be a bit silly but this is what I think
Nope. You already know the name of interviewer it's always in the invite. You can always find them on linkedin
When comparing work culture between your clients and employees in India, there are noticeable differences. Clients typically have fixed working hours, and it is uncommon to see them working outside those hours or on weekends. In contrast, here, many people often work beyond their scheduled hours. Once you become a senior, additional responsibilities are frequently assigned, such as conducting interviews on weekends, often with very little or no incentive. This additional workload can lead to multitasking during interviews, which is why some may choose not to turn on their cameras. One day, you may also find yourself in a similar situation.
Not really true. Clients also work on weekends if required sometimes. They also have lot of work pressure and internal politics, obviously not as bad as India but still. Also I am at a senior level myself but have never treated my juniors or interviewes disrespectfully. It's all about how you handle pressure and multi task and be professional at the same time. I doubt that those seniors are multitasking while taking interviews. The only multi-task some of the interviewers do is search up questions on google
True. I also observed that whenever interviewer is foreigner he/she would always switch on cam whereas Indians never turn on theirs.
