When the Interview Becomes the Spectacle

Weekly Roundup · 2026-07-27 to 2026-07-31

A marketing agency offered instant interviews to anyone willing to tattoo its logo on their body. A mayor blamed Zoom for hiding personality in interviews. A startup ditched AI-gamed take-home tests for whiteboard sessions. Three stories, one pattern: hiring teams reaching for format changes and stunts when the real problem is what happens inside the

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