Asking questions that are completely unrelated to the role applied for :(

Software Engineer

Everyone and their mother asking Leetcode hards 🥲

I'm not even getting interviews or even any oa link 
 😭😭

Backend Engineer

what are the various problems you have faced during the interviews you have given till now, which you believe could be solved.  e.g. for me it's about repeating the same things about my experience ...

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

what are the various problems you have faced during the interviews you have given till now, which you believe could be solved.

e.g. for me it's about repeating the same things about my experience to every single recruiter, not getting any response, sharing CTC (current & expected)

Problems faced during the interview process.

Senior Software Engineer

Problems faced during the interview process.- Grapevine

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I know hiring tech is nothing new, but still many issues persist. 

We are planning to build a platform which will focus on solving many issues with the current interview system in an innovative/futuristic manner. 

We'll utilise AI/LLM based solutions wherever possible, although the focus is on solving the core problem.

Mostly it will be a B2B SaSS type, focusing on hiring designers/developers etc.

What are the various issues you have faced during your interview process which you feel should have been solved by now? doesn't matter how big/small it is, if it has bothered you ever, please comment about it.

[Startup Idea Validation] Hiring Tech

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I'm already 7 months in & I'm slowly starting to give up now. The positive affirmations, the "your time will come" crap is just not working anymore.

Financially, I'm a mess. Living in constant stress & anxiety, parents don't believe in me, can't go out & have a drink with my friends since i have deliberately been out of contact with them.

What has helped you go through such situations?

What's the highest duration you've been unemployed?

Product Manager

Recently started giving interviews and cleared a few rounds in a couple of companies. I never heard back from any of them even if I felt the interviews went well. Very frustrated because of this as I fail to understand how difficult is it to just reject or send a rejection email if they don't want to hire. I understand that companies have 100s of candidates in their pipeline but it's so frustrating to not even get any rejection mail and get stuck in a limbo.

Why do companies ghost after interviews?

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Guys, need a quick descriptive help here. I applied to the position of senior profile for which in 1st round only they gave asked youe CTC expectation and at what CTC you will not go beyond. I shared my CTC and after 3 days I got an mail stating that my candidature got rejected because they will not be able to pay that CTC which is market standard that i asked. Now, i want to work in that company because profile is good and will help to draft my career and i am ready to decrease my CTC expectation also. 

My problem is how do I portray over mail and what pointers i should be adding to convey them to consider my profile for next round of interview as i am ready to work at lesser CTC (asked 3x of my curent CTC when lastly was discussed). 

Note: HR didn't asked my my current CTC . She directly asked expectations and at what CTC you will not go beyond.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

Salary negotiation after company rejected expectations ctc

Program Manager

I see people switching jobs left and right but I am not able to land an interview only. I have a 3 YOE in good tech stack. Not sure where am I missing.

No interview calls

Software Developer

Hello Grapeviners,

What is with Indian recruiters wanting to know your CTC as the very first step of hiring? And when asked to share the ctc range in which the role falls, they refuse to share.  So basically they just want to lowball candidates based on their current CTC and parity is a joke?
Now If a recruiter denies sharing the range for the role and insists on knowing my CTC, I run!  What are your thoughts?

Recruiters want to know your CTC

As a recruiter, i have candidates asking me the payscale and i usually share them the compensation bands we have ...although in most cases we are told strictly not to tell the applicants ...however for me , i think it kinda makes my job much easier as they don't false expectations with the role or the salary ...neither i make them waste their time interviewing us ...saves a lot on both sides  
 My managers do expect me to have certain extra good profiles just to maintain our pipeline and show a good funnel of quality folks..but it does not work my way ...

Consultant

I don't have a job from last 4 months. And I am in a situation where I am not a fresher or not a experienced candidate. I have a 1.3 years of experience as a software engineer. Including 6 months of my internship.

The problem that I am facing from last 4 months. Is not that my cv is not getting shortlisted. The problem is either I am not able to clear the Technical interview due to some minor reasons. However I always solved DSA problem in the interview.

Or the Assignment i got as a round it's not clearing.  Even I am trying my level best to ace the assignments. 

And the other situation is if everything went well then either the position went on hold or my candidature went on Hold.

I won't say ki I am pro in everything but yaar, Mtlb itna kharab bhi nhi hu.

And now may is about to end. I still don't have a job.

Could you please guide me what to do? Should I still try for a job. Or start looking for something else.

*Need genuine suggestions.

Thanks for the help in advance.

Hello Everyone, I need your Genuine Suggestion.

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... 💀

I am in my second year of MBA at one of the IIM LKI. Due to the bad economy my campus placements have taken a hit similar to ISB and IIM B. The worst part is I am not understanding where I am going wrong. As per my understanding I gave an exceptional interview to one of top Indian IT services but I still wasn't hired in spite of having an IT background with 3 years work ex in IT services 

Tech interviews were easy. You either know the answer or you don't 

I asked one of my seniors. He said they mostly look for culture fit!!!

I don't understand MBA interviews

I was persuing cse from a decent college in pune . In my last year i.e.2023 , I was placed in a startup in pune with CTC 5 lpa but it had bond of 2 years ,so I rejected that offer .I ended up getting my college placement account banned because according to them I was already placed ,so I started looking for jobs off campus,but I never thought it's going to be this hard to look for jobs off campus. Applying to multiple companies in a day ,resume getting rejected and then applying again .for some where I get shortlisted, they keep on asking questions from things which are not even mentioned in my resume although their jd don't even mentioned those skills .In some companies where my interview was 10 on 10 (according to me), still they rejected me and when asked they used to say ,they found more suitable candidates.
I graduated in September 2023 , and I am still looking for job , trying to upgrading myself everyday to get better.
I never regret my decision of not accepting that job. I don't know if I am getting any job or not but I am gonna be more strong and better with each passing day .
Regards .

Good or bad decision?

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

So I am currently applying for so many companies but not getting replys from any of them. What to do please guide 🙏

Not getting answers

Hey folks!
Yes, you might be coming across my post another time. But no hopes - I have to write it up!

Me: SDE with ~3 YOE in full stack development. 

Skills: JavaScript - Angular/React + Node, Express & MongoDB. Java-Springboot, c#
 +
Good problem solving skills in DSA and good understanding of system design.

Availability: in 30 days(max). Yeah I was forced to resign (different story) hence serving my NP

Everywhere i get to see only openings for experienced folks not in the range of 0-3YOE!
If you can find me suitable for your team/ have opening suitable for me / can refer me / lead me to something - anything would be of great help! I would be happy to connect and discuss further.

Thanks a ton

Plz give me your 2min!✌️

Recently I've given an interview for rounds 1 at a company and after the round I asked the company for the feedback of the same, post that the recruiter is not lifting the calls and not even replying to mails, is this thing common for companies whose hiring process takes longer?

Recruiter not lifting calls after round 1

Just to state that it a part of the journey (and also to convince myself), here are the list of companies where I got rejected so far in my career during job search:
1. Makemytrip
2. Gojek
3. Phonepe
4. Swiggy
5. Atlassian 
6. Shaadi.com
7. Amazon
And tons of other places

Posting companies where I failed to clear

Recently I have been interviewed by a company and cleared the first round. Then I had 2nd round of the interview conducted through intervue.io which is a outsourced platform. The interviewer was least bothered to know what I am doing in my current role and how I can contribute to org but only conducted interviews by posting code snippet to solve. Do you think it is right way to conduct interviews? Please share your experience

Why companies have made interview so hard?

Lead Engineer

I really don't like the practice of sharing current CTC. Not only it ties your future income to your current income but it also traps you into a vicious cycle of justifying your hikes.

I've been looking for a job for the past 4 months. Recruiters usually drop my application because I don't share the current CTC. Recruiters that do entertain my application, tend to ghost me after I clear the interview.

I don't want to compromise on my principle. What shall I do?

YoE: 6y+
Software Developer.

Problems faced during the interview process.

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