Account manager

Software Engineer

Application analyst

Hey bro, can you tell about the first round of plotline .

After 5-6 interview rounds, 2 assignments, in-person chat, I was told "we have decided to move ahead with another candidate". They took more than 2 months to

After 5-6 interview rounds, 2 assignments, in-person chat, I was told "we have decided to move ahead with another candidate". They took more than 2 months to come to this conclusion.

When someone signs up for a job at your company, please realise they are also spending time reading about the company, learning, working on assignments, prepping for interviews one after another. I understand, you need the perfect candidate but if you trusted someone to appear for so many interviews and then decide to move ahead with "someone else", without any explanation whatsoever about what really went wrong, it is extremely disappointing.

Be true to the candidate.

Plotline Interview Experience

Plotline Interview Experience- Grapevine

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Recently, I interviewed a senior individual about their job hunting experience after 8 months, 50+ interviews, and interactions with 10+ companies. What they shared is quite eye-opening and worth sharing with my fellow Grapeviners to stay informed about the current market trends.

There's a concerning trend of false interviews or what some might call "candidate fishing." Companies seem dissatisfied with many candidates they encounter initially, leading to rejections for trivial reasons or minor interview slip-ups. This indicates an oversupply of candidates in the market.

Most companies have multiple candidates lined up for each job role, creating unnecessary backups. Consequently, last-minute job offer declines are not uncommon, even after successfully navigating through all interview rounds.

The interview process itself can be lengthy, ranging from one to two months, with interviews scheduled during weekends, late nights, and early mornings becoming more common.

Some common reasons for rejection include:

1. Diversity hiring concerns
2. Expectations of being a master of everything
3. Common interview formats with overwhelming ratios like 2:1, 3:1, or 4:1, putting candidates on the spot
4. Companies adopting a "Why should we not hire you?" mindset
5. Scrutiny over resume details, such as short job stints, despite ongoing industry layoffs
6. Negative assumptions about candidates from top tech companies (FAANG) looking for new roles
7. Rejections after multiple rounds (7-10 rounds) of interviews
8. Ghosting becoming a prevalent issue

If you're experiencing these challenges, remember that you're not alone. Many others are facing similar issues. Hang in there; the tide will eventually turn.

Job Market Reality Check

Lawyer

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Which company did you have the worst interview experience with?

Interview experiences

Founder

Do you have colleagues in your organisation( big brand) who are below average & you still think how are they still working?
I mean people doing ctrlx + ctrlv, basic excel but earning in lakhs?

Below Average Employees

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Org’s that conduct  6-7 rounds of interviews before rejecting a candidate.  Don’t you think the hiring process is broken ?

6-7 round interview

Just trying to understand what could be the reasons behind this?

Is it normal for recruiters to ghost after confirming that they'll be rolling out an offer after a month long interview process?

Product Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Nowadays companies tend to take 5-6 rounds of interview and
One of my friends had gone through a similar procedure for 3 companies now- all into Fintech(one is a big MNC doing good and the other ones are startup) initially they moved forward with the CTC although they didn't have the budget and after 6 rounds of interview(5 general rounds and 1 to be more sure). 
I don't know how you cannot be sure of someone after 6 rounds of interview and why companies are not transparent about the CTC they can afford.
It has happened to a lot of my known SDEs including myself. 
Just wanted to vent out, just because of the ongoing market conditions, companies are troubling the candidates a lot.
Did you guys also have similar experiences?

A new trend going on... 💀

Software Developer

I had applied for a company, a dream job. I had 2 rounds of interviews and then submitted an assignment. When I sent the assignment, I had to push the recruiter to acknowledge. And one week later they sent me an email that they've hired someone. It's so depressing. Thoughts? 

I don't think it was a fair play, I wasn't given a fair opportunity.

Frustrated

Product Marketing Manager

Just got a updated from hiring manager that they have some selected another candidate and if there is another opening you will be hired without any rounds.

Interview process - 2 HR rounds, 2 manager rounds, 1 aptitude. (took around 3 week) 

I was like why God why? Why someone's second choice 😭

Feeling bad about it very bad.

Frustrated about not getting the job

Support specialist

Around a month ago, HR called to ask if I was interested in the APM role. After following up multiple times for the interview, they said the hiring manager didn't like your profile. After 2-3 weeks, different HR reached out, saying they want to conduct round - 1 for the same team. The interview happened, and I reached out to HR after 3-4 days for the next steps, but she kept cutting my calls and completely ghosted me. I reached out to another HR, and she said the feedback on the portal was that "experience is not enough."

I was pretty disappointed as while conducting interviews, HRs reached out to me so many times, but they couldn't even send an automated email for feedback. 

But it didn't end there. The HR who ghosted me called again after a couple of weeks to schedule round 1 with another team. The interview went well, and the interviewer asked me about my availability for round 2 and when I could join them, etc., saying we would try to conduct the next round soon. When I reached out for feedback, HR kept saying I'll call you later. I'm busy right now, and then they ghosted me. After following up multiple times, she said the feedback wasn't positive. 

I hoped for round 2 here since the interviewer seemed convinced and contented with my profile. Now, just because I reached out 10s of times, they told me that I have been rejected! 

How much time does it take to send an automated email? :/

Cars24 APM Interview - Worst experience

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Hello people,
We are building a recruitment platform to make hiring easy and fun. Having worked with a recruitment startup, we weren't able to hire for our own team. Hire first, fire faster mode ON tha humara.

So, we found this gap mostly in the early stage startups who don't invest in their recruitment properly.

So can you guys please share your experiences with landing a job with early stage startups.

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