Interviews aren't interviews anymore?

Is anyone else finding that when you get an interview (if you're even lucky enough to get one) that it no longer feels like a proper, professional interview?

I've been jobless and searching for over 2 years now and despite sending out hundreds of resumes with cover letters, I've only gotten a handful of interviews. At first they were normal. I'd show up, have a friendly introduction followed by the employer asking relevant questions. I considered myself lucky if they responded back with a rejection email. The last few interviews I've had though haven't even been real interviews it feels like. I show up, simplified greetings and immediately the employer just starts telling me about the daily operations. How the company functions, what day to day tasks looks like. I just nod along, make comments and do my best to initiate a conversation and throw in how my experience would match well. And that is it, interview over. Thanks for coming. No actual questions about me, my experience, my resume, absolutely nothing. And naturally, I never hear back from them again. Even worse, I had one recent interview where the questions asked were things like "How would you describe tiktok to medieval knights?" "If I gave you a plane ticket, where would you go?" and "Do you believe in ghosts?" Again, nothing about my skills or knowledge. And the whole hour long interview were just more similar questions. AN HOUR OF THAT. Of course, to once again be ghosted.

I know it's not me, I hear so many people sharing similar experiences. But it's so mentally draining. Am I doing something wrong? Why call me in for an interview when you seem like you couldn't care less that I'm here? How did you determine I wasn't good enough if you didn't even talk with me? Like I know I keep getting told it's not my fault, but is that even true? I'm constantly depressed feeling like I'm so worthless I can't even get a job that I'm perfectly qualified for in my field of experience. But I keep getting ghosted so I can't even get any feedback on why I wasn't selected. Even worse is weeks later I see the same job posting back up.

I could go off for hours on this topic but I'll stop here haha Now I just want to know other peoples experiences, thoughts and opinions!

Posted Apr 9, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

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