r/interviewpreparations • u/AnteaterAble4132 • 2h ago
Guys... i don't know if this is legal or not
for the past few days i had a few interviews at different companies, and honestly the interviews aren't the hard part.
you finish the last round, they say "we'll get back to you", and then you get 2-3 weeks of refreshing your inbox at midnight and replaying every single answer you gave.
and i hate that part...
so i started building a small thing for myself. it records the interview, goes through the whole thing after, and tells you where you actually stand.
it looks at stuff like who talked more, whether they switched from testing you to selling you, and what you left hanging.
and at the end it gives you a score : your actual chances of getting the offer, based on how the interviewer behaved during the interview, not on how you felt walking out of it.
basically the debrief a friend would give you, if a friend had been sitting in the room.
here's where i'm stuck: the recording. i'm not building something that tapes people secretly. in a lot of places that's straight up illegal, and honestly it should be. so the only version that works is you ask first and they say yes.
which is the part i can't figure out alone:
would you actually say "do you mind if i record this for my own notes?" at the start of an interview? or does that torpedo you on the spot?