I think there is potentially two potential scenarios here.
- The company conducting the interview is not aware that the software they are using to conduct interviews does not work on a significant proportion of mobile devices. or
- The company conducting the interview is aware that there is a problem and either don't want to employ those who use ios devices, or are using the problem as a test for the candidate to overcome.
If I were having to be interviewed/screened via an online process, I think I would anticipate problems and make sure that I had access to a computer running a recent windows and a range of browsers on hand. Web based applications have got a whole lot better at dealing with differences between browsers, but when you get to the more involved processes such as camera/microphone integration, you can still encounter problems if you are not running the systems the software was tested on. Even then, I think you could still have problems if you have just updated your OS or browser to the latest version.
- The company conducting the interview is not aware that the software they are using to conduct interviews does not work on a significant proportion of mobile devices. or
- The company conducting the interview is aware that there is a problem and either don't want to employ those who use ios devices, or are using the problem as a test for the candidate to overcome.
If I were having to be interviewed/screened via an online process, I think I would anticipate problems and make sure that I had access to a computer running a recent windows and a range of browsers on hand. Web based applications have got a whole lot better at dealing with differences between browsers, but when you get to the more involved processes such as camera/microphone integration, you can still encounter problems if you are not running the systems the software was tested on. Even then, I think you could still have problems if you have just updated your OS or browser to the latest version.