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I agree (mostly) with what you say, but I do want to interject that I see a disturbing trend. I understand how it feels to be, err, under-employed, been there myself. But, BUT, folks, most of us are talented, experienced, hard working, and motivated technical writers.
Please consider what you term as "wasting time". I can hardly imagine a scenario where a tech writer was sitting in an interview and a phone call was placed to them where if they did not answer the call within a few hours, the position would be lost. maybe for some contractors, but that is why some contractors carry a beeper.
But for the rest of us (normal) tech writers, the caller will wait a day or two to hear from you before disqualifying you forever and giving the opportunity at that dream company to the next caller (this is not a call-in game show, lol, this is the future of a corporation).
Another point - I hope to heck that while unemployed you folks do not sit in front of the phone all day chanting "please ring, please ring, please ring" - that is a formula for disaster; personal disaster. The caller with the dream job will be happy to wait if you are truly the best candidate for the position. Take a walk. Volunteer some time to a cause you believe in. Play a sport. I know it might seem hard to do, but it is important. Desperation can come out in your interviewing manner, and is often off-putting to an experienced interviewer. We (the royal "we") want to hire the best candidate, not the one so desperate they are willing to jump on "anything".
Again, just my experience, and my buck-three-eighty, and your mileage may vary, attach next cliche here.
Hi everyone!
Why? the market is too tight to sit and waste
If you waste five hours in a degrading and ridiculous interview,
you may miss the phone call from the dream company, because you would be
wasting your time finishing an interview that is insulting to your
intelligence.
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