🚀Entering Tech #75: The Reel Deal on Video Assessments

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Do you remember when Marta Puerto, the product manager from Spain, made a video after she got laid off? 

That video broke the internet! People thought Marta’s approach to job hunting was a cool way to stand out and get employed. Well, did it work? Oh yes, it did! Marta got flooded with loads of offers. In March, HR professional Emmanuel Faith also did his own version. Shortly after, he announced a new role.

While Marta and Emmanuel are examples of going above and beyond to get a job, employers are now increasingly requesting video assessments as a requirement for getting a job. The conversation steered a debate on social media weeks ago. 

Classist, elitist, exclusionary, biased, superficial, and unnecessary some people call it. 

We took a poll on social media, and spoke to 3 HR professionals and folks who had completed video assessment to share their views.