""How do you feel life has worked out for you so far?" Salem Pierce was asked as part of her application for a visual design lead position at an unnamed company online. The application also asked that she "record a short, roughly 2-5 minute video response and paste the link here," the 30-year-old graphic designer revealed on Twitter. Pierce described the demand as a "new level of job application hell" and many others online agreed."
"The notion that hiring managers would ask job candidates to go through the efforts of preparing, filming, and uploading a video-and ask such a personal question-didn't go down well with most people. One user simply concluded: "Omg definitely not worth it." "Both the question and the requirement for a video response are causing internal screaming," wrote another user. "If I tried to do it, it would probably be 2-5 minutes of external screaming.""
Salem Pierce, a 30-year-old graphic designer, encountered an application prompt asking, "How do you feel life has worked out for you so far?" for a visual design lead role at an unnamed company. The application required a short, roughly 2–5 minute video response with a pasted link. Pierce called the request a "new level of job application hell," and the post drew significant attention online. Many users reacted negatively, calling the prompt intrusive, expressing that the video requirement was excessive, and warning that such personal questions could be used to screen out candidates who experienced hardship or belong to protected groups.
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