Yess!! Everyone's looking for immediate joiners and offering less package. It's like nothing else matters!

Software Developer

How have they spoiled hiring? Their main TG is service industry folks. They wont be pay masters as well. I feel grapevine has more Product based crowd. 
 The job market is bad for both set of folks at the end of the day.

Job market isn't that bad, people like you and him made it worse and continue doing it. 
 If you plan to have kid with your partner, would you still say I need a baby in in a week. Because I don't know anything  about planning and about your condition I don't give a damn!! I need a baby next Monday

Software Test- QA

Product Manager

Recruiter

People like him have spoiled the hiring for ever.
If they want they can ask candidate to join in 10 mins.
Because of this insanity, so many worthy candidates

People like him have spoiled the hiring for ever.
If they want they can ask candidate to join in 10 mins.
Because of this insanity, so many worthy candidates are suffering.  Even if they want to hire instantly, they are not gonna pay good.

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What does it mean if the hiring manager tells you verbally that you're in and then later tells you that they'll have to interview 2-3 more candidates? Does this mean I'm out?

Another job hunt heartbreak - advice pls

Product Marketing Manager

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Do they want to hire people who have been fired for non performance but can join immediately?

Why does every IT company in India has 90 days notice period but they want jobseekers to have to join in less than 30 days ?

Software Engineer

I believe it is extremely difficult to judge exact level of an individual during an interview. It is better to also use past salary as some indication of value to last company. Having said that, the company needs to get to the correct salary range depending on performance in first 6 months. 

Thoughts?

(Controversial Opinion) I think it’s okay to give salaries based on past salaries

Founder

Why are recruiters looking for immediate joiners?
I seriously, respectfully, want to understand why is this rule? Even the company you are hiring for has 60 days notice period or even more.
In todays market nobody wants to resign without an offer. 
People having 60 days( or 90 days) notice period, what should they actually do.

Why are recruiters looking for immediate joiners?

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Has anyone interviewed with Jar recently? The company has been hiring for the SPM role for the last 6 months (afaik). Are they not able to hire one or are they hiring more than one person for the same position?

Interview experience with Jar

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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This was my pathetic interview experience with Acceldata india with a very unprofessional and lying recruiter. This story has a satisfying ending.

I attended 6 rounds of interviews in 1 month and completed a take home assignment. I cleared all the rounds and even had a manager discussion about my onboarding. All good so far. 

Few days later the recruiter called back and said we need one more round (8th round) with the director who sits in US office. I said Ok and he scheduled this call on a Friday 10pm at night. 

At 9:55pm I tried to join the meeting link he sent but the link was not working. I tried in different browsers, different laptop, different internet connection. No luck. 

So I reached out to recruiter on mobile and he doesn't pick up. I know he's available because he was on call with someone else. I even tried reaching him via a different phone number but still no luck. Imagine the anxiety and panic I had to go through since I felt that it was my fault. 

On, next day he casually calls me in the morning to say that "Sorry I tried calling you 2 days ago but your mobile was unreachable (which is a plain lie). He says he cancelled the meeting because he found another candidate with lower salary.

That's fine, and I don't give a damn at this point. But I asked why didn't he send meeting cancelled email so I didn't have to panic on a friday late night. He casually says "Sorry about that". That's the last I hear of him. No response after that. 

All this after going through 8 rounds of interviews and a take home assignment. All because this a--hole recruiter lied to my face and couldn't send a simple email. 

Funny thing is: Another recruiter reached out to me 3 months later for the same role. Apparently the candidate they hired instead of me backed out at the last miniute. 🤣

If you get a chance to interview at AccelData, trust me, please don't waste your time. The company and the recruiting practises are not worth your time, even if you are jobless.

Don't bother interview with AccelData

Analyst

Disclaimer: I respect both of them, svs & SG; dare I say I am a fan.

But being on the other side of recruiting with all the power and influence of the corporate hierarchy, they seem to be out of touch.

Current reality: Firms put candidates on hold for months. HRs hardly reply to follow-ups. Processes with assignments that is free Labour in disguise. Asymmetry in salary negotiation (Companies asking for salary slips without telling us their budget/range).

Candidates are already on uneven field. SG and svs suggesting us to play it with integrity is bordering on their hypocrisy. 

If you like a candidate and he has multiple offers, There's a reason he has multiple offers. Either Pay up or shut up!

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Investment Manager

Going through the interview process for a company, and they are simply not releasing the offer because they fear I will look for other opportunities, even after I have clearly stated I don't have any offer in hand, and just want me to reduce the notice period which is a fair demand I feel everyone does it. 

I get partially we are to blame for this no trust, but there has to be some level of trust, every company has notice period policies.

Why do we have so little trust these days?

I am seeing a lot of layoff related posts everywhere from news articles to LinkedIn.. Is the Job market really that bad now? Or just the media is projecting that way? 

If it's really bad, which department you think is the most affected? How's layoffs specifically in India? Or is it layoffs in US but more hiring in India due to cost cutting? 

Are layoffs in technology/engineering dept as in for developers or some other departments? Your thoughts please..

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