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QuirkyBagel
QuirkyBagel
Salesforce

Laid off in Feb. Landed a job now.

I was laid off in February. Finally after 2.5 months of boring interviews and life, landed a job. Today was Day 1. I was outside India for a while doing crazy stuffs. I returned in June and then started applying. Here is the summary.

  1. Lots of applicants in the job market. Every job would attract 1000s of applicants
  2. Most jobs require high experience - 5+
  3. Applying and finding companies who are hiring is tough.
  4. Emailed everyone in network, took referrals from all friends, took referrals from LinkedIn (very low response), Applied on instahyre, Wrote to startup founders, applied Wellfound, Workday(worst of all), Naukri
  5. Startups are the worst - gave petty assignments and ghosted after getting solution. Had to follow up multiple times but to no avail. They ate my whole 1 month
  6. Some interviews were different - in one I had to code in python very fast. That's it. Wasn't selected as I was looking up for syntax on internet.
  7. Overall it was a very boring and tiring process. I somehow maintained my sanity.

YoE- 2 TC- 29L ( Base +PF)

19mo ago
Talking product sense with Ridhi
9 min AI interview5 questions
Round 1 by Grapevine
PerkyTaco
PerkyTaco
Walmart19mo

Tough time never last but tough people do
Great 🔥

QuirkyBagel
QuirkyBagel
Salesforce19mo

Damn 🔥🔥

QuirkyBiscuit
QuirkyBiscuit
Jumbotail19mo

Saw this at Cerner , great thought

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba
X (formerly Twitter)19mo

For what role? Also congratulations

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba
X (formerly Twitter)19mo

Also fuck Workday they are the worst.

QuirkyBagel
QuirkyBagel
Salesforce19mo

Backend Dev.

ZoomyDumpling
ZoomyDumpling
Stealth19mo

Congrats!! I recently got laid off, I know how tiring and frustrating it is. If you come across any opportunity for SDE-1 Backend Fresher, do ping me. Thanks!!

WobblyMuffin
WobblyMuffin
Freelancer19mo

Tata 1mg was hiring for SDE1 recently, try connecting with them

ZoomyDumpling
ZoomyDumpling
Stealth19mo

Thank you 🙏

PeppyBanana
PeppyBanana
Athenahealth19mo

If you don't mind, please add your last TC as well

QuirkyBagel
QuirkyBagel
Salesforce19mo

19.5 + 5L(stocks and bonus)

BubblyCupcake
BubblyCupcake
Stealth19mo

Congratulations.

Laid off from Cisco in Feb? Or joined Cisco now?

BubblyCupcake
BubblyCupcake
Stealth19mo

Cisco has done a layoff cycle in Feb. hence the doubt bud. And Cisco, pre covid, wasn’t giving this much to 7+ also.

DancingHamster
DancingHamster
Jubilant Foodworks19mo

Hi @AabrakaGaghra Did you mention you were laid off in your previous to your prospective employers while interviewing?

QuirkyBagel
QuirkyBagel
Salesforce19mo

No, I didn't. It never came up in discussion. They would just ask last working day, and notice period. My relieving letter didn't mention anything about layoff- just resignation date.

FloatingBoba
FloatingBoba
Stealth18mo

Quite surprised that it never came in the discussion.

Didn't they ask about why this gap? What did you tell? Also, telling the reason is just not enough they need justifications as well.

Also, how did you manage to get such a good CTC?

SleepyMochi
SleepyMochi
Stealth19mo

6 is an absolutely senseless and illogical way of doing things.

DerpyPenguin
DerpyPenguin
Freelancer19mo

Exactly, I will not join a company like 6.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo19mo

Wew u bounced back to good compensation. Gud luck down the road

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut
Stealth19mo

Well done brother 🎉

SnoozyPanda
SnoozyPanda
Unilever19mo

Congratulations 🎉

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