"The video link is not working." That was the feedback. That was all of it. A ca
By George Barnett Reid 👀 · November 5, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
"The video link is not working."
That was the feedback. That was all of it.
A candidate's entire shot at a role, gone to a broken URL.
Nobody's at fault here. The client wasn't being unfair — they clicked, it didn't load, they moved to the next profile. Completely rational when you've got forty other things on.
But it's worth sitting with for a second.
5,000+ people have applied to us. Fewer than 1 in 100 reach a shortlist.
Somewhere in that gap are people who lost on a broken link. A bad connection. A CV that opened weird on someone's phone.
Not on ability.
Most hiring failure isn't a judgement call at all.
It's friction.
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