The mindset of some recruiters nowadays
So i approached a PM at klub, a revenue based financing firm & asked him about open positions. He forwarded my cv to the hr.
Couple of days later, the hr called me & we had an initial discussion. Then he scheduled an intro round with a PM.
I had the PM round which was completely behavioral. It seemed like he was not much interested in the interview & took it just for the sake of it. Questions like tell me about yourself, why klub, why PM were asked.
2 weeks later i called the hr(yes, there were no responses from them) & asked him whats the status to which he replied, we have proceeded with another candidate.
Here comes the interesting part
I asked him to provide me a reason because i didnt get any feedback from the PM. This is the conversation which happened He: we are looking for pm with experience in api integrations only Me: okay so why was that not mentioned in the JD He: the requirement was changed later & also you dont have the experience required(1-3 yrs) Me: so why did you contact me in the 1st place if you thought i didnt have enough experience? Also, there are 2 guys who are working at klub who are from consulting background & have no experience whatsoever but they're apm He: but you need to understand that they are from tier 1 college, bits pilani & iit madras Me: how does that make a difference in product experience? I have worked on & built real products even if its for 10 months, all they have are hypothetical case studies, its not like they have been entrepreneur at past He: no we have specific requirements & the hiring manager didn't see yours as a fit
Hr will hire people with no experience but from a premium college than people with experience but from a not so known college
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This commmon and unfortunately when there is no real quantifiable criteria you hire from tier 1 . No manager is ever going get fired for hiring a shitty candidate from tier 1 but they may get fired for taking a risk on you
Tldr
Bro why according to you all tier 1 are shitty n all stuff on an average an tier 1 is way better from tier 3 student but jha post dekho har tier 3 wale k acc uske against jo tier 1 tha vo chutiya tha bhai sare chutiya hote to tier 1 mai ni hote na ek exam hota h jo sab dete h tier 3 wale marks ni laate 1 wale laate h might possible ki 100 mai 5 case mai tier 3 ka banda acha ho but jo story suno har kisi mai tier 1 is chutiya
Read it carefully. I have said the mindset of some recruiters is just wrong. I have not said anything about tier 1 folks, they are where they are because of hard work. I gave jee mains & i got a rank of 2957 so i know how hard it is. And improve your imagination about 5 out of 100 tier 2/3 folks being good
A the usual tier 1 college bias.
Couple of things here :There always has been a bias and nowadays it's more transparent. Look at job description they clearly specify tier1 colleges even though the founder are not from tier 1 colleges.Tier1 candidate is no guarantee of skilled candidate.Having said that, being a devil's advocate tier1 college is more of trophy kind of thing infront of Vc, it is kind of mental assurance for Hr and hiring manger that they have hired best
Ohh my sweet summer child, wait till gender equality comes in the game. Lol
I think now this question needs to be asked; why do we need HR in a company? They are redundant,
Klub is the shittiest place I have interviewed for. They make you loop down through so many “culture fit” calls even before you talk to the people you are supposed to work with.
This is some usual stuff tbh. Unfortunately recruiters do this