Are you paying me for that 4-5 hours of my time? If not, you'd better be a damn sight better in terms of what you offer as an employer, versus the rest of the market.
I get that it's different for the unemployed, but we shouldn't let people do this to us if we are in a position to help it.
I personally have only ever dropped a potential employer mid interview pipeline once, and it was when they sprung one of these on me. Even worse was, I was told it should only take 3-4 hours to do. Just eyeballing it, it seemed like 8 hours of work at least, which made dropping out of my candidacy an even easier decision.
I get that it's different for the unemployed, but we shouldn't let people do this to us if we are in a position to help it.
I personally have only ever dropped a potential employer mid interview pipeline once, and it was when they sprung one of these on me. Even worse was, I was told it should only take 3-4 hours to do. Just eyeballing it, it seemed like 8 hours of work at least, which made dropping out of my candidacy an even easier decision.