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    [OC] My job search over a 6 month period, as a 30 year old staff software engineer (US)

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    3. Ace0spades808 on

      I don’t care if it’s the “norm” for software positions but 7 interviews is ridiculous. Companies are about to start having month long “trial runs” before deciding if they’re giving you an offer.

    7. spectrumofanyhting on

      Any company that requires more than 3 interviews is a red flag and I look elsewhere.

    8. itijara on

      Is the 7 including multiple interviews on the same day? Most of the time I see three rounds: phone screen, technical screen, then a final round with 3-5 sections (e.g. culture, systems, back-end, front-end, database). You could count that as 3 interviews or 7 depending. In any case, it is ridiculous to have 8 hours of interviews for a position. Even more if you aren’t one of 2-3 on the last round.

    10. pedrito_elcabra on

      What the heck, are your pricing yourself out?

      I mean… not to sound harsh but 18 rejections from interviews says a lot really. Excluding the 1-round interviews (which I presume to be HR screenings), there’s 11 times that a company thought your on-paper resume doesn’t match what you appeared to bring to the table.

    11. Nicodemus888 on

      As someone in IT, seeing these kinds of things terrifies me of the thought of suddenly finding myself out of a job. Yikes

    12. Goodvibes1096 on

      Mind sharing the comp you got? These are wild numbers, wondering if you were looking for a really good job hence the number of applications.

    13. teh_lynx on

      7 interviews seems…. excessive…., hopefully they’re better to work with than they are to interview with haha 😂

    14. ThisIsMyCouchAccount on

      Any suggestions?

      I’m in the same boat. And that boat is in the middle of a long dead and dry sea.

    15. ParanoidalRaindrop on

      Damn, i had little get together with a company on friday and was offered the position on monday. Things can be different.

    16. zodd1981 on

      If you did more then 10 applications without a job offer, then you did something wrong.
      1. One klick job applications (they are just bad)
      2. Copie past writen and too long application
      3. Studied the same job as 100000 other people like IT engineer that no one needs anymore because 1000 people appl. On the same job..

    18. BMCarbaugh on

      Man the job market is fucked up if a coder needs 400 applications to get 20 interviews.

      And *seven interviews*? What the fuck else do they need to know at that point?

    20. K1ngPCH on

      Job hunting for Software engineering fucking sucks because they’ll put you through 7 interviews where you basically solve problems and code for free just to get rejected and/or ghosted.

      I know I’m privileged as it’s a white collar job but I genuinely can’t think of another field that literally tests its applicants in the hiring process. Maybe welders?

    21. No_Length_856 on

      Wow, congrats on getting something in this time frame. I’ve been on the hunt for a year now and I’ve only gotten to one final round.

    23. Celestial_User on

      I’m wondering is the staff engineer title and 30 years old doing you no favor.

      Feel like a company would either be thinking

      Your company probably has a messed up promotion structure and you’ll probably not actually qualified for a staff engineer role.

      Or

      You’re some genius, and am probably overqualified for our role, even if it’s looking for a staff engineer.

      Edit: actually, I stand corrected. Looks like there are some companies that have staff be tier 3 of the rung. I normally associate it with tier 5+.

      Think a lot of company would think similarly though

    24. Jezbod on

      What on earth is going on? 7 interviews!?!?

      What a cluster of HR incompetence and indecision.

      I’m glad I’m in the UK and have only ever had one round of interviews to get my sysadmin roles.

    25. dsmsp on

      I lead AI and ML engineering for a fortune 10 company. I have a strict policy against candidates doing homework. I also structure interviews so there are only 3 interviews (4 in rare cases) and I schedule all of them within 2-3 weeks. No ghosting of candidates.

      This is not that hard to be efficient and respectful. If you are unable to ask critical thinking questions and assess a candidates abilities from that, you don’t belong being a hiring manager.

    26. Im_poor_as_shit on

      Any job that required me to go more than two rounds of interviews is an automatic “fuck off” for me

    28. inspire21 on

      With multiple interviews, were they on the same day, like going from one to the next? Or was it a more involved process?

    29. rvralph803 on

      By the 7th interview you better be getting lap dances or some shit. WTF is that nonsense.