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The process really is shit. Call me a masochist but writing KSC is so much easier because it mostly about regurgitating their language back to them, where as you said the 500 word ones it’s all about trying to say exactly what they want with no real framework to follow.
It also doesn’t help that a lot of Departments have moved from in person interviews to one-way video interviews. While for some that might work, for me (and probably many others) who’s a little different, the lack of physical and verbal feedback in the moment is a huge struggle for me.
I suspect they’ll review their interview process eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later) - I can’t imagine it would help the various departments and procurement processes to limit themselves in such a way. Granted not everyone does well with interviews, but having a one-way video seems really limiting compared with face-to-face for a multitude of reasons. Then again, I’ve been saying for a long time that interviews themselves aren’t the best since you can have someone who says all of the right things but still not be the right fit, where as someone who has a perfect resume may get overlooked because they didn’t perform well under stressful circumstances.
What the alternative is I don’t know, but I’m tired of the dance. I know I can do the job, just give it to me and let me do it, damn it.