>>Your statement about the HR department is so true! For the last 16 years within our area major companies require the correct buzz word and often the correct size and type of font.
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>>An average of 30 seconds is spent reading a persons resume (according to major companies in our area). Resumes are read by persons who have no concept of a perspective employee’s background or ability to contribute.
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>>I call "HR" the "HR Empire". HR is always creating new obstacles and terms that are imposed upon a company and they call it “culture”!
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>You should be happy that THEY are still there ! I mean HR.
>No matter how stupid, politicised or useless they might happen to be.
>What if they outsource HR some place else as well ???
>Fly to India for an interview ?
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>Now seriosely;
>Out of curiosity , if it is IT position should'nt it be IT or Dev mgr one who is interviewing applicants ?

Before being given an interview your resume is processed by HR. HR has no concept of your qualifications or the requirements of the position to be filled. If you get through the HR process and are selected for an interview then you will meet different levels of IT persons who will interview you.

Some interviews by IT are to "solve a problem" they have. They have no intent upon hiring anyone - they are looking for free answers to their problems.

One interview I had was with 12 different people from 8 AM until 8 PM during the same day. I got the job by the way.

A well-known CEO from a major company here in Silicon Valley was honest on television during an interview. He was asked about hiring practices. He said that they conduct 12 hour interviews so you would “do their bidding”! They do not give benefits until you have worked for six months. Within six months “they will gain all of your knowledge” and then fire you, so they do not have to pay benefits.

The name of the game is to survive. :)