Questions tagged [hiring-process]
Questions relating to the employment process for a new employee.
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Should I accept a job offer if I still don't know if I'm getting into a Masters? [on hold]
Well, I just graduated as a software engineer, and I have been working for a year in a company as a Sw Engineer intern. My contract ends this friday and they have offered me a place to work there. I ...
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Manager wants to hire me; HR does not. How to proceed?
I had a talk with the manager of a technical department at a big sized company I've been doing some work with as a consultant. She told me they are looking for technical people and asked if I'd like ...
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Mtech Placements criteria at IIT [closed]
I am a btech student preparing for the GATE 2020. I will passing my btech in 2020 but I had admitted to my institute in 2014. So I took 6 years to complete my btech engineering. I just want to know ...
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Been asked to write a character reference for a fellow admin of a gaming clan
A fellow admin of a PlayStation gaming clan is applying for a job in real life and have asked me to write a character reference for him. I have no problem doing this as I admire him and would not ...
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Both me and the employer are interested in my taking a job, but paperwork has an arbitration agreement; how can I negotiate to remove it?
I recently interviewed at a fairly large company for a position I was interested in. The recruiter said that I "far and away bested" the other candidates, and that they were really interested in ...
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Continue career change after failed trial period
I'm a Software Developer. Recently I realized that teaching/mentoring/supporting is much more of a passion for me.
I applied to being a teacher/mentor for software development boot camps (intense 0.5-...
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Receive training before getting a job offer?
I've been going through the hiring process at a small local company. I passed the interview, and completed a 2 hour "trial period" where I demonstrated my ability to learn and do the actual work (...
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Recruiter says SRE roles all filled, but they're looking for a role for me. What should I do?
The situation:
I was scheduled to do my phone screen on April 28th, then after rescheduling I passed my phone screen on May 5, 2019. But my recruiter "Sarah" didn't contact me again until last ...
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Is it a good idea to reach out again to a hiring manager for a role I wasn't selected for?
A hiring manager from a major tech company reached out to me on LinkedIn. I really liked the role (and the chance to work for a company on that level) and said I will apply.
I was asked to perform a ...
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Navigating a quick return to previous employer
Background:
About 6 months ago, I left my previous employer for very difficult family reasons, I just needed to be closer to home. 6 months on, things have changed and I am now very strongly ...
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Formulating an answer to contact from job applicant I have managed previously
I am a team lead at a large company, and our division is responsible for most steps of the hiring process - candidates are not prefiltered by HR. We recently published a job advertisement that lists ...
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How to handle professionally if colleagues has referred his relative and asking to take easy while taking interview
There is an interview scheduled, and HR has revealed my name as the interviewer to the person (one of my colleagues) who referred this candidate. Now the colleague is continuously insisting I be ...
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Applying for a promotion and noticed I have work history missing from initial application
I am applying for a promotion. I have been with the company for 3 years. I had a background check to get the position, which I assume I passed, since I have the job. The company claims they are not ...
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How many applications before I should worry? [closed]
So I'm about to graduate with a degree in IT. I've sent out about 70 applications to various software engineering and full-stack development positions. I'm located in New York so there's no shortage ...
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Did I ruin my chances at a job offer by going out of the country for 1.5 weeks?
Good news - a company I'm interviewing with wants to move forward to the last round of interviews and asked for my availabilities for next week.
(Potential) bad news - I'm going to be out of the ...
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Serving notice by accepting an offer, got a call from another company, shall I disclose serving notice period already?
I am serving my notice period as I accepted an offer from other company. Now I have received a call from another company which is bigger than the other for interview. They asked me why I was in notice....
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How to answer “Have you ever been terminated?”
I'm filling out a job application that asks the question "Have you ever been terminated or asked to resign from a position in the past?"
I did get fired from a job back in 1998. It was my first high-...
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how hard is to join to the security team on big tech? [closed]
I have always been asking myself , how hard is to join to the most elite team on big tech such as google , twitter , vmware , facebook , amazon . I have done multiples interviews on big tech such as ...
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Non-compete agreement [closed]
I accepted an offer with a company in Ohio and signed a pre-employment non-compete agreement with them. I am considering now taking another offer and have not started with the initial company. Is ...
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Can I ask the recruiters in my resume to put the reason why I am rejected?
Not something new, while looking for a full time developer position I am dealing with a huge number of rejections because of aiming too high (probably) and the lack of clear goals (learned this ...
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How to pace job-application process in great job market? [duplicate]
Currently, the job market for anything coding or data related is really great in the Netherlands.
I have had two interviews, both were for places I would like to work and I have a short list of 4 ...
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Should I notify candidate about the fragile state of my company?
I'm running a small IT startup (private firm), funded from my own pocket. We are working on a development project, which is not yet generating income. So far I've hired 3 employees with a 1-year ...
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Do I bring up a bad performance review
I am among the finalists for a position with a state agency for a job that I really want. I worked for a bit over a year at another state agency, where I received a very poor performance review and ...
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What's the point of asking previous salary of an applicant?
In India I don't know why but most of the HR person usually ask about previous pay. What's the point of asking this?
This is not duplicate of How to respond to a direct ask of salary earned and ...
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I have interview for QA position and I found a few bugs on the company's website.Should I mention them in the interview? [duplicate]
So that's basically it, I found a few bugs on the company's website.Should I mention them or say I'll send the data via email or this will make me appear in a negative way?
From my perspective(If I ...
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How to use recruiter's message to get other job than he offered me?
During my study of IT at a technical university, I worked almost a year as a Software Developer. I worked with Java, Spring and a little bit with React. After this experience, I do not want to work as ...
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Should I say that I am student on the interview if I am on academic leave?
I have been invited for the interview (paid internship) this week. I am a bit confused about whether should I say that I am student of X University (technically, I am, but not actively enrolled, but I ...
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How should I respond when I lied about my education and the company finds out through background check?
I lied about my education to my employer and background check revealed I did not graduate. How do I respond to my employer after they send me the following?
In order for us to move forward and ...
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How do I email a recruiter after he mentioned he will be in touch for an online interview, but I still haven't received an email from him?
I recently applied for a position which closed.
I received an email 3 days later from an interviewer last week who asked about my rights to work in the country where the position was based. After I ...
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Rejected in the fourth interview round, citing insufficient years of experience [closed]
I have been interviewing with a very prominent software company, having completed one HR and two technical rounds (one with the team's manager) before. In the fourth round (coding round) I did very ...
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Interviewing as a tech company contractor, but saw a permanent job listing for the same role
I’m currently in the phone interview stage for large tech company ABC. Already spoke with the hiring manager and some potential team members, so I’m currently waiting to hear if I’m onto the next ...
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Problematic New Manager With Falsified Resume [closed]
Background
Several of my friends work for a department of my municipal government. The municipality is small, having about 30 000 people and is in Canada. It also is not covered by any provincial ...
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Working for free vs Improving skills for a PhD wanting to go into Industry [closed]
TL;DR: As an under-qualified software engineer in Australia that came from overseas, should I offer to work for free or should I keep working on my skills before applying for a paid job after PhD?
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Faux pas during/after signing job offer
I've been working as a programmer at Company A while applying to others, and I recently got a job offer from Company B. The B position is a large company and a huge jump for me, and I feel fortunate ...
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Is it okay to speed up a job offer process and then reject because it's not as good?
I am waiting on a decision from one of my preferred employers. In the meantime, while I was waiting, I still did other interviews. I think I might be close to getting an offer from another employer.
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No response to job application. When should I give up?
I suspect I already know the answer to this question, but I feel the need to ask anyway, to get some sort of closure.
I applied to a job that I was very excited about a few weeks ago. Two weeks later ...
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Dilemma of explaining to interviewer that he is the reason for declining second interview
During a recent interview for a job, I got a very bad feeling about the person who would be my team leader. The job itself would have suited me, but I disliked the person (his interview style was ...
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Is it appropriate for a new junior member of the team to be included in a interview panel for a senior / lead role
I work on the information security team at my company. We are currently looking to hire a senior security architect, a role that will require at least 7 - 10 years of previous hands - on experience ...
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How to respond to potential employer about a potential conflict of Interest?
Long story short- I applied for my dream job a month ago and I have been progressing in the interview process. My future step-mom (will be official in September) unannounced to me had applied at the ...
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How to address prior difficulties when reapplying to a job
A few years ago, I had an internship at a software company.
For the first part of the internship, my performance was good, and I was making positive progress. At around the second half, there was a ...
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Asking for tips from the hiring manager before a technical interview?
So I applied for this company (for entry-level software development position) and have already talked to the hiring manager (who does not have any technical expertise). We set up a technical interview ...
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When hiring, should I discriminate against a group that is favored by others, for balance? [duplicate]
I live and work in Boston (software development industry). We have a large population of one religious minority and many managers hire predominantly coders from this same religion. (I know this from ...
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Equity vs stock options (startup) [closed]
Is there any significant disadvantage receiving stock options vs.
shares in a new startup?
What could be the excuses for not giving shares but stock options and
would it be reasonable to insist on ...
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On-boarding email asks for soft copy and not scanned copy - isn't that contradictory?
As part of the on-boarding process at the new company that I'm about to join, the email asked for soft copies of certain documents/photographs. One line of instruction that got me confused was this ...
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Job search in Europe from other countries in IT [closed]
Can anyone tell me is there any mandatory way to get a job in Europe?. Consider both scenarios what type of non technical qualifications I need to get. I visited a lot of websites and blogs but I can'...
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Rejection email refers to a different position than the one I applied to and interviewed for
After making it through a fairly extensive interview process with this company, including multiple on-site interviews and homework-like assignments, today I received an email informing me that they ...
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Emailing HR after sending in an application?
Yesterday I applied to an IT position that I am very interested in. In the online questionnaire, there were 2 questions that I could not answer yes to, they asked if I had a specific certification and ...
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How common is it that hiring managers waste peoples' time in job interviews?
I've been getting three to five interviews per week on a consistent basis lately. Usually, I'm contacted by recruiters and they submit my resume to hiring managers. About 90% of the time, hiring ...
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UK temporary agency worker training full time permanent colleague
Good evening everyone,
I reside in the UK and I have been working on behalf of an agency for a company on a temporary basis for 6 months now. Recently (2 months ago) a new colleague with no ...
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How, in practice, can I hire more diversely?
Let's say that I've attended all the talks, I've read all the research, and I've concluded that what's best for my team and my company is to increase the amount of diversity in my software engineering ...
