PIST Paid Interview Standard and Transparency

PIST: Paid Interview Standard and Transparency is a human resource handbook proposing a new standard for paid interviews, candidate support, hiring transparency, and payroll accountability. Jawanna Dean challenges the traditional hiring process by arguing that companies should not receive free access to candidate time, data, preparation, travel, testing, professional history, and labor potential. Under the PIST model, employers must disclose the real job, exact pay, hiring timeline, interview process, data-use terms, candidate support package, and payroll model before requesting formal participation from a candidate.
This handbook introduces full-day interview pay, PIST Day evaluations, single-use candidate files, file return or destruction verification, vacancy clocks, the 30-hour workweek, Equal Slice Pay, immediate wage access, and payroll verification. PIST is written for anyone seeking a more transparent, disciplined, and accountable hiring process.