Computer Dependence...

I have been toying with the idea of getting a second job for a long time now, but haven't really gone actively hunting for a job, except a couple places. Last week, my son talked me into applying at the restaurant where he works his second job. I know, another restaurant job...I must be nuts! Anyway, I applied, & the manager called the next day to set up an interview. So far, so good...

Last night was my first interview. The whole process just boggled my mind. The manager sat me down & whipped out a paper that she read to me, saying how she would ask me questions, jot down notes & wouldn't make a lot of eye contact. Okay, fine...fire away, right? So, she wrote down notes about my answers, didn't discuss them or question them at all, then moved on to 2 timed tests. They were easy, I got the answers right (woohoo), then she tells me that she has to fax the papers in (don't ask me where) & the computer will tell her if I can be scheduled for a second interview. Let me stop right there....

What the.....?? A computer decides if a person gets a second interview?? Back in MY day, (I just had to say that!) when I was a restaurant manager, we had to do interviews the old-fashioned way. (Well, that was 6 1/2 years ago, I didn't realize times had changed THAT drastically, though.) We had to make up our own questions, not read from a paper, & then use our own judgment as to whether they'd make a good candidate to move on to a second interview. Heck, half the time, we didn't even give them a second interview, we just hired them after the first!

I wonder if our evolution of society is becoming SO dependent on computers that we can't even make decisions based on logic, reason or common sense? Don't get me wrong, I love computers & would be lost at my job without it, since recording the data by hand would be very time-consuming, (How did they do it years ago?) but are we getting TOO dependent on them?

We shall see how my second interview goes tonight. Will it be a "real" interview, or will the computer interview me?