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[Hiring Ques] Candidates who do not read about your company, how do you tackle it?

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I've noticed a pattern where HRs from mediocre companies are extremely arrogant and ask unnecessary questions. Whether it is from their tone of voice, to asking ridiculous questions about a candidate's personal life and things that are already on the resume, why do they act so holier than thou? Now FAANG adjacent companies and their HRs/ first point of contacts are always empathetic and very clear in asking sensible, relevant questions. Why don't companies realise that their first point of contact is what affects their brand and hiring unqualified folks makes it worse. Have you ever noticed this? What do you think can be done to make this/ candidate experience better?

Why are HRs from mediocre companies so arrogant?

Glassdoor is usually tough to read, but negative reviews help
Not too many people leaving on LinkedIn is also a good thing

What are signs one can look for to identify a good startup when joining?

What are signs of a good work culture? Things you can notice before you join a startup?

Corporate Strategist

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

Account manager

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Shall I be honest and answer - The product launch at my current company is being pushed forward by a couple of quarters, as a result I'm looking for a new place, and what could be more exciting than joining a YC-backed startup and making an impact?

Or I should write fluff - And don’t mention about my reason of leaving last company?

I’m applying for a role and they have asked me why us?

How do you guys search for Jobs? What works for you? For eg I do easy Apply through LinkedIn but rarely get a call from recruiter

How do you guys search for Jobs?

Data engineer

I am looking for companies that rely only on work related questions and don't put emphasis on leet code style interviews

Companies that don't ask ds algo questions

Product Owner

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How should we answer this question in the interview- why should we hire you? And does it really make a difference in the selection process? Can the interviewer reject me if they do not like my answer, even if the technical round went well? How much does it matter?

How to answer this - why should we hire you?

Software Engineer

I was recently laid off. I am applying for jobs. One question that has been a bother for me is on my unfortunate past short stints. 
Need help from folks on how to tackle these Q's.
I am applying for product / strategy roles.
2015 - tier 1 engg
2019 - tier 1 MBA
1.5 yrs - did my own startup...fairly successful but later failed due to covid
11 months - worked in a fairly well known fast growing startup - left coz wanted to move to a product centric startup
14 months - worked in product based big unicorn startup - got laid off
10 months - joined an early stage startup - startup failed and laid off again

What should be my interview strategy? How do I portray my story in a positive light?

How to tackle interview Q's on my short stints?

Product Manager

I had a recent experience of having an interview with this MNC and getting negotiation calls,and I was willing to settle near their offer, just because the office was very nearby and then suddenly I got ghosted.

I was not even actively looking for a job and 6  rounds of conversation and a month later I got ghosted.

Why HR's don't give a black and white answers.

Why HR Ghosts you in the middle of Salary discussion

Software architect

Hello everyone, I recently started my company and now want to hire actual people in the IT space.

As other fellow humans, how'd you like the interview process to be for engineering roles? I don't want to follow the crazy white board algorithm norms, I need the job to get done, idc if you google or use ChatGPT as long as you understand the problem and the solution.

Please share your inputs!

New Startup Trying To Hire Humans

Founder

So recently I interviewed in many companies including google, Microsoft, Amazon I have seen common pattern that HR not being transparent with candidates. They keep hanging candidates in between and not reply to text, email, messages, calls. Even if candidate is rejected why can’t they email or call to give feedback. Is this job really hard ?
“If I will get a chance to snap out one profession from earth I will snap out all hrs, recruiters out there.”

Ps:- Google ppl was very transparent throughout process one of best experiences for me .

What is wrong with HRs/Recruiters

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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.

Rant about recruitment in startups

Generalist

What's up with the HR-Tech folks? 
Anything cooking in this industry

Recruitment is a 200 yr+ old industry
- Why are only a few B2B startups in this space? (Zoho, GreytHR.. 
- Can this industry get rid of Agencies?
- What USP can help in this space?

Anyone who can help get insights?

Is Recruitment-Tech dead?

Recruiters and People who see through a lot of resumes!

What is a good resume and tips to build an ATS friendly Resume. Any key or specific things a recruiter or hiring manager wants to see in resume.
Also with so much fuss about layouts and Cover letters, does this really matter when it comes to actual shortlisting for interview?

Thanks for sharing your opinions!!

Resume help!!

Business analyst

Feeling clueless about which industry (problem statement) would be interesting to me. Your perspective will help.

How did you pick which company to work for?

I hate assignments. I hated them while applying for jobs, and I hate giving them while trying to hire someone.

It's basically free work with no guarantee of employment. It's unfair to make people work so much, often people assign 2-3 days worth of work for such interviews.

Is there any other practical alternative though? I would love to know everyone's thoughts on this

Is there a way to hire people without multiple assignments?

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Hello folks, 

This is a call for every software engineer and broader community. 
I’m a 30 year old customer support employee who worked at Airtel, MPL, Wazirx and I have 5 years of total experience all things customer support. 

About a year ago, laid off at Wazirx due to crypto taxes and regulations and it’s been an uphill battle to find a steady job in the market. 

Did few freelance jobs but nothing is working out. I’m at a point where I’m unable to even get by on monthly basis. 

I’m a Engg dropout as well, so no degree, no real top notch experience to land other roles. 

I finally decided to have a crack at software jobs and pivot to whole new field. I have few queries, if anyone can find some time and answer them, it would mean the world to me 

1. Do I need a degree to land software roles ? 
2. To pivot to coding roles ( no prior experience), where should i start ?
3. There’s an ocean of misinformation out there, I’m really confused on where to start and which courses to take up? ( Planning to take up Phyton ) 
4. Can coding help to land freelance jobs ( I know it’s difficult and takes time to reach good enough of a level but I’m willing to work hard and put the hours in ). 
5. I know companies doesn’t bet on candidates without a degree but what’s the best way to approach this scenario? 

Thanks a lot for your time for answering these queries. Highly appreciated 🙏🏼

STUCK IN LIFE

Customer success

Hi folks, 

I'm Aadit, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. We're one of India's fastest growing consumer internet companies and are today present across 10+ cities in the country. 

I'd love to chat with you folks about my journey in building Zepto, my thoughts on the quick commerce space, organization building, amongst other things.

Ask away!

I'm Aadit Palicha, Co-Founder & CEO at Zepto. Ask me anything!

Share other such question(s) which you feel doesn't make sense to be asked or share your thoughts why you think it makes sense to ask such question(s).

This interview question has never made sense to me

Software Test- QA

[TL;DR former National quizzing champ dropped out of B. Tech in 2020 during peak of addiction and depression . Got over it and sober in Jan'23, resumed college and completed my B. Tech in Feb'24. Picked up coding again and feel ready for a job now Should I be honest or lie about the gap? Been ghosted my few recruiters whom I was honest with.]

JS developer here. I used to be a decent student, public speaker and one of the best quizzers in the college scene (former National Champ). But I never addressed some traumatic events that took place in my life before I turned 16. My depression took refuge in substance abuse and I abandoned all studies/career prospects during the pandemic. Eventually after 7 years of using, I got clean/sober in Jan'23 and resumed my studies. I earned my degree but on paper it took me 8 years to complete a 4 year B. Tech (2016-24).

Reasonably I get asked about the gap in my academics by hr/recruiters whom I push my CV to. I've been dead honest to them about my struggles with mental health and addiction in the past. And I've been getting ghosted. (It could be because of skill reasons on my part but I'm not even getting a feedback).

Should I not tell recruiters the truth about the gap? Should I leave the addiction bit out? How should I word it? I've never held a real coding job before but been slogging for the last 6 months to get better each day (my github and projects will reflect that). Please help me out with all your valuable suggestions. If you're a tech recruiter let me know how you would perceive my case.

Sorry if this is the wrong board to post in, I'm desperate. Should I be honest about my past struggles of depression/addiction with recruiters while explaining the 4 year gap in my resume?

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