@senju31
I'm increasingly realizing the value of deception in trying to get a job. I have been punished so much for showing my actual job history and when I changed it up it made things easier.
@bademo48
I believe I have a strong profile, and I once secured an interview with a midsize company. We had six interviews, including three technical ones, where they asked about nearly every possible technical aspect of computer science and software engineering. After the final interview, they made me wait two weeks. Following a couple of follow-up emails from me, they finally responded, saying, 'You have strong technical skills, but we expected better.'
@ian-tumulak
This sums up all my job hunt for 1.5 years. Everything checks out and the reason it took me to land a job despite having 14 years of experience to back it off. They where simply looking at at candidates through the lens. What's even more surprising is I got employed when I receive an email with a simple message "Are you open for work, we are looking for a dev position.".. After heading over to the office, did a surprise exam which I am not ready, skips a bunch of question, and failed miserably at the white board exam but somehow still landed the job. I can conclude recruiters online are just looking for inhuman or unicorn candidates.
@ConnerArdman
Job hop too often? Rejected. Stay at the company too long? Rejected. Love to see it... but in all seriousness really cool video Rahul! I'd love to see the opposite data if it exists - why did they choose to hire the particular candidate that they did? What pushed them over the edge?
@rheale9420
Biggest takeaway is to not apply for startups if you didn't graduate from an Ivy league school LOL. Thanks for the informative video, Rahul!
@ripplecutter233
2:33 it's funny when you consider that for most companies, no one among the founding engineers meets that criteria
@cheinu2566
Make a note of how none of these reasons have anything to do with the job or task at hand in the company
@bookwithworms
I used to think that I really missed the train by not going to school for tech, after listening to this I have never been more grateful I decided to take another career path.
@鈺耕周
If you get rejected, don't feel bad. Oftentimes, its not your problem, its theirs. Get some rest and try again.
@bogdyee
Had around 5 interviews with a big company sometime ago and I actually managed to pass all of them. After around 3 weeks, the hiring manager called me to congratulate me for passing the interviews but unfortunately the position for which I had applied got terminated. The terrible part about this is the fact that the job actually got terminated way before I even had the interviews. Fun times, what can I say.
@tony_solar
When a business sets its expectations too high, you get ghost positions.
@captaingabi
I love this BS that you need to lie, be dishonest and make up narratives and "stories" about your past to land a job. So you can lie and be dishonet and make up narratives the same way on the job as well. Such a time we live in. HR is dumb.
@abstractalgo
Feedback for the video: the premise of the video was "trust me, bros, I have the database", only to then summarise and repeat what every other person giving people advice on hiring talks about; it seemed dishonest and clickbaity. Please do better, either by providing a source, or something similar (here's how you can access the db yourself e.g.).
@joaotextor4094
Recruiter: "You did put 'open to work' in LinkedIn, you seem desperate". Candidate: "Of course I'm desperate. I have bills to pay and a family to feed, you moron!"
@grandpowr
In a startup I worked for, they said they liked candidates that were already working and snatch them off as they were already "warmed up" as they considered those looking for jobs needing time to get back to their level, kinda weird logic but considering what you said it kinda makes sense, its why I removed the Open to Work tag and been getting more opportunities. Being active in X has also helped a lot to get more people to know you and what you do.
@MPXVM
Staying at a company for too long isn’t great, but leaving too soon isn’t ideal either. It feels like the recruiting team is just stuck, like someone who can’t figure out if a t-shirt looks better in blue or red and ends up staring at it for ages.
@Ddragon173
The best thing to do here is move to freelance or self-employment. I personally don't like the idea of crawling on my knees and convincing anyone of anything
@RodFerguson-fg2tq
After my last job ended, I went to the doctor and found I had polyps in my intestine. Ended getting surgery, cancer treatment, and dealing with complications for the next 2 years. I have been told I am now completely unemployable now since I wasn't working then.
@livb4139
0:45 I've been on the recruiter side, was asked by company not to give feedback because they feared legal repercussions were my words interpreted as some kind of discrimination
@rimailias