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Recently a HR of a product development/consulting company reached out to me for an opportunity. After the initial discussion about the role, he said he'll schedule the 1st tech round shortly. If I ...

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Recently a HR of a product development/consulting company reached out to me for an opportunity. After the initial discussion about the role, he said he'll schedule the 1st tech round shortly.
If I clear the tech round, then there will be a zoom call in which I will have to show them my bank statement for the last 6 months and they'll record it. Salary slips are not enough for them!

Anybody else who has come across such ridiculous recruitment practices ?

Ridiculous HR requirements during recruitment process!

Ridiculous HR requirements during recruitment process!- Grapevine

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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.

Software Engineer

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Corporate catfishing? More companies are posting realistic job listings that don't exist. 

Companies doing this are trying to trick employees into thinking the company is growing and that they are hiring more workers to alleviate their workload. This is not only manipulative, but immoral. 

If you want to increase productivity and alleviate stress in your office, start by showing appreciation for your employees and encouraging them.

Share some companies you might know that have been doing this.

That job you applied for, might not exist !!

Expert

Senior Consultant

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I'm been on the lookout for a new job and the first question recruiters ask is if I have an offer in hand and what's my expected CTC. 

The next time, i get asked from a recruiter if I have an offer in hand, I want to say yes. Is there a way for them to verify if there's an offer or not other than asking you to send a copy of it ?

Negotiating a higher salary

Communication

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Now a days, candidate experience has been tossed out of window. Companies and Talent hunt team are expecting candidates to go through multiple rounds of interviews with no clarity on rounds held, with multiple reschedules and delays with lot of uncertainty. what grapeviners thoughts about it? is it fair to have this practice?

opinion on 7-10 rounds of interviews?

Lawyer

So recently I interviewed at Geekyants and it was horrible. 
 I mentioned about my existing offer and what I wanted before the start of the recruiting process. They took a communication assessment, a coding assessment, two technical assessment and an HR assessment only to give me an offer of 8 lpa ( lower than the offer I had ) with freaking 18 months of bond. 
I remember mentioning that the offer I have is time bound and would appreciate if they fasten the process, I think they thought I would accept their offer given my urgency. Shit behavior.

Shit recruiting process at Geekyants

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In an interview I cleared all my round and submitted all govt proof along with current company payslip etc as they demanded this. After one discussion they are saying we have got all your info they will think.
I mean which king of process is this? They wasted all my energy , 5 rounds .

HR wasted my time

Consultant

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Do you feel 2021 level of Job Market is back?

Suddenly the number of jobs have increased

Recently I had got a call from a recruitment firm regarding an opening in EXL, where they stated without sharing the pancard details they can't start the interview process. They would share a consent form for the same. I declined from sharing the pan card details. They said the process has changed and they require to check the employment details of the candidate.
Another company has also mentioned they would require the pancard and aadhar details after the second round.

Has anyone also faced something like this.
Is it even legal to ask for these at such an early stage of the process.

Sharing Pancard number mandatory for the interview process to start.

Data Scientist

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

An HR from Infosys just contacted me on WhatsApp and asked about my details I told them I am comfortable talking on a call rather because I will explain better about my past job profile and other details and that shameless person showed attitude and blocked me.

HRs are worse than human beings and shameless they think people are there to satisfy their ego

Software Analyst

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 ...

When should one communicate to HR about receiving only half their salary due to market conditions in their current company during salary negotiations?

I cleared all 6 rounds of a PM interview with an Edtech startup.  The HR asked for current offer letter, 2 references (current and previous manager), and a couple of other docs. 

Then ghosted me for 2 weeks. When I followed up, the HR said they are in-process of interviewing other candidates

Is it normal to do this now a days? 

I understand the company wants to interview more people. But then why ask for any details from me till you are sure that you are going to give an offer

Is it normal?

In advanced stage of interviews with Antara Senior Care (Max Health Group). Does anybody know how the team and culture is?

Max Health Group review?

Attended an interview for a startup where they said all was okay and agreed to rollout the offer letter and last minute told hiring freeze. This is for an entry level role. 

Cannot name the company as I can get identified. Fintech startup.  Their payscales in glassdoor were showing high base for entry level roles in Business Operations. 


How do we make sure that recruiter does not ghost us . What are the strategies we can use to get the offer. These days, every recruiter in first call itself asking about salary expectations.

Ghosted by recruiter !!

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It's Friday - would love to hear your Friday night scenes, weekend plans, or a rant on the week that went by...

What this post is: a place to hang around and chat just about anything - without having a specific topic to discuss.
Think of it like the watercooler at your office.

Look forward to hearing from you all!

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Intern

How many folks here 100% refuse to share last salary and are adant that HR state their budget. How do you guys do it and also has it ever happened that you needed up losing a great opportunity coz of this???

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