I recently got the opportunity for an interview and the JD clearly mentioned it was an entry level position (although i have experience but i am switching my job profile hence applied for entry lev...

I recently got the opportunity for an interview and the JD clearly mentioned it was an entry level position (although i have experience but i am switching my job profile hence applied for entry level position), but the moment i was being interviewed by the panel they mentioned that they are looking for someone with experience in the same field related to job and i did told them that since i am switching my job profile to pursue my interest i have applied for an entry level position only and they were like yes but now that you have experience it could've been better to have someone with required experience. I told them I have a relevant set of skills and also have overall experience in related domain so for an entry level position it would be a great fit but they were not really happy.

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Hi everyone 

I have been interviewed by a consultancy for amex for product Analyst (one round) and I have been selected .
For a 6month contract which can be extended to one year as per the final interview and performance.
And they are offering quite a lucrative package for it .

The JD they shared doesn't provide specifics about job roles and technologies used in job. 

I am quite confuse as to what are there expectations and should I join or not i have around 2 yrs of exp .
Pls suggest

It's urgent pls suggest

Product analyst

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I was going through the careers portal of this decently funded startup and they had opening for SDE2 Backend and Frontend both. 
But the discrimination they did between FE and BE just got me to nerves.
1. The BE role was just termed as SDE2 whereas FE role was termed as SDE2 - Frontend Engineer, Why?🤷‍♂️
2. Both the roles are of same level but the experience required for FE is 3years whereas for BE, its just 2years. A big Red flag about the culture 🚩 
3. For BE role they haven't wrote anything language specific (which is a good thing as they're language agnostic and focusing on the core instead) But for FE they've filled their JD with languages, frameworks and even fcking libraries.

All this together makes it a very risky bet for anyone looking for a SDE2 - Frontend Role. 
Passing this one and recommend everyone to look for such small red flags 🚩 which tells us alot about company.

Thanks
FE JD ⤵️, BE JD is in comments.

I rejected to apply at a company seeing their JD.

Software Engineer

I just finished an interview with ServiceNow for a senior software engineer role and writing this up.

Anger rushed through my body after finishing the interview for multiple reasons.

reasons:
1. The interviewer joined 10 minutes late and he was very lethargic.
2. The questions he asked regarding my current job were very basic and then I realized that he should be fresher or should have 2 - 3 years of experience.
3. After the interview I checked his profile on LinkedIn and he was a 2021 graduate (as I guessed).
4. I don't understand why an organization assigns software engineers (2.5 YOE) as interviewers for hiring a senior software engineer(8+ YOE). It doesn't make sense to me.
5. Then the interviewer asked a basic DSA question, and I gave him the solution, now he was not familiar with the Python language hence intrigued about the implementation of the heapify in Python. I explained to him how Heapify works but still, he could not understand what it is.
6. The part I got pissed off is the interviewer's attitude of him knowing everything.
7. The interview was scheduled for 1 hour and we went overtime, it's okay to go overtime by 5-10 minutes., But this guy is taking more than 20 minutes. He din't have basic ethics of valuing candidate's time.

This is not my first interview with ServiceNow, this is my second and I had same feelings in the first interview as well.

It's okay for me to not grab this opportunity, but think about someone who is really struggling to get a job during this tough time, because of the interviewer being lethargic.

Hope ServiceNow focuses on their interviewing system and improves it.

ServiceNow interview is shit 💩

Software Developer

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I'll go first. I got a call for an APM role from one of the companies which did sound pretty sketchy and the recruiter was started bullying me into answering questions, when I asked to know more about the role. The recruiter was extremely unprofessional, and obviously the conversation was nowhere great. They however, did go ahead and sent me the JD and other links, etc to fill in and apply for the job. Mind you, I hadn't applied for the job. 🥲
It just was a pretty sour conversation which had left me in an uncertain situation. Any similar experiences?

Weird recruiter experiences

Asked for my expected CTC. I answered and they weren't happy with it. Said they could only give at 40% increment of current CTC and then asked for my current CTC. After hearing my current CTC they said I shouldn't be earning this much and that I was obviously making it up. Then asked to send over my salary payslip which I refused. Basically the HR started being extremely rude at this point stating that I was being unprofessional. I asked their salary budget for the role which they refused to answer. Then I asked if they were willing to hire me for a lower CTC which she instantly agreed and said she knew I was reasonable and I shouldn't have lied about my CTC. I then said good luck finding a candidate for that amount and hung up.

Product Manager

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I joined this job 3 months back. Things haven't been good. Part of the problem is that the people I am reporting into have little to no experience in the segment they are entering into and are not willing to listen to someone who has worked in this segment for 15+ years.

I am a little bemused.... I don't really need the job. But the money is nice..... 

Any suggestions on what to do.....

Saw my job listed on linkedin. What should I do?

Business Development Manager

I feel it’s a bit of a stretch. It made me feel incompetent and waste of space.

What do you folks think of this?

Product Designer

Hi, I am currently working in a service based company (7 months exp) and I want to switch to a better place where I can learn and upskill myself.

What should be the requirement to grab a decent offer 10-15 LPA?  DSA , Projects or anything which I need to focus on? Please guide

Need Suggestions for Switching

I have been attending interviews for this company for 3 weeks with around 5 rounds of technical interviews. I did well in most technical interviews and okay in one. And HR said I am selected but they are trying to get an idea of my fitting in the role or some shit. The management is asking them to position me in one level lower than what was mentioned when they were hiring as i am not suitable for tech lead position(I would agree though and I am okay with being positioned less as i am more interested in IC roles). And was asked to reduce CTC as well.

So they are providing 5 lakhs less than what i asked and i also have another offer 3 lakhs more than this offer. This offer is remote but the other offer is wfo. I don't hate wfo but wfh would be good as it is flexible.

How do i convince the HR to get what i asked early? I am thinking of walking away if they low ball.

HR lowballing after getting selected.

Web Developer

If a company X has posted a job vacancy for a role and mentioned yoe of 3+ years , would it be a waste of time to reach out to the recruiter if i don't have that much of experience ? 
Has anyone been recruited given they have the skills , irrespective of the yoe ?

YOE mentioned in LinkedIn jobs

I am working as a front-end developer in a startup for 2+ years and i want to switch to a different company.

The problem is I have only worked on the frontend in my current job though my designation is SDE in my offer letter. I don't have much knowledge about backend either.While applying for jobs the JD says i should have work experience in backend tech so in this case should I apply to those jobs or not.There are very few job openings for frontend and everyone is asking for full stack.

Will my interviewer asks questions for backend also though I have not worked on it? Or should I only focus on DSA.I have a good knowledge on frontend.

Should I just focus on frontend and DSA for my interviews? I am planning to Target FAANGM and good product start-ups

Experience - 2+

Tc - 9.5(8.5 + 1 bonus)

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