Questions tagged [hiring-process]
Questions relating to the employment process for a new employee.
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If an offer has several contingencies and clearing them takes longer than 4 weeks, can I back out of the offer?
I was offered a position with several contingencies (drug test, background check and management interviews). It's been more than 4 weeks since I was given the offer and I'm still waiting on the ...
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How to respond to request for desired salary for a junior software engineer role after an interview, and how to determine the number?
I just had a job interview for what would be my first full-time job (as a junior back-end engineer in Munich - prior to this I was studying at an engineering school 'Epita'). During the interview I ...
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Office space bait and switch
I've worked at my current job for about 4 months. My previous stints are 10 years and 6 years.
After my interview, I asked to walk through the office and see what it is like. Unfortunately, my now-...
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How to deal with a disappointed recruiter that wants to call me regarding a bad assignment?
If a recruiter writes you this email after an assignment, beside the fact that it went quite bad, what should you do/expect from a phone call?
The recruiter is an internal recruiter for the company I ...
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Is it OK to call company for more details about a job post (not an application)?
I would like to ask whether it is generally considered OK to call the HR department of a company to ask for further details regarding a job post (not a job application). I work in the Civil ...
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Really personal info and in very early stage of hiring; how to proceed?
I applied to a tech company for remote work. This is a role I'm interested in, and there aren't many similar alternatives for such role.
After the initial technical tests (I scored very high) and ...
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Is it appropriate to screen out a job candidate because I had a past sexual encounter with them?
I'm hiring for a contract position through an agency. We're a small investment company and I am one of the people this position will report to. The agency sent me the resume of a candidate that looked ...
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Verbally accepted an offer at a company but received another offer
I applied to companies A and B four days apart.
I started interviewing at company A right away, and they had a pretty lengthy interview process. I had 4 interviews and an assessment with them, and I ...
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Emailing Director of Big 4? [closed]
So, I attended a career fair where I got the opportunity to speak with the Director of Operations of a Big4 company. We had a very fruitful conversation about the company and his management style. He ...
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Why do IT companies sometimes use contracting firms? [closed]
So I have been in the job market from the past month & I have learned a major process flaw and big-time corruption in recruitment layers.
I do receive mail/calls from many fake companies ...
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Do employers care about stack overflow reputation? [closed]
After reading this old post on stack overflow meta. It seemed to indicate that employers might care about your stack overflow reputation/activity in their hiring process for developers. Admittedly, ...
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Can I ask HR to let me skip two more interviews and offer me a job directly?
I had 2 job interviews lately (one in late July and one in mid August). After the 2nd interview I got a rejection email but the HR (technical recruiter) told me the team (team A) I had interviews with ...
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Asked about compensation history?
I have been going through the hiring process with a company in the banking industry (in the UK).
As part of the process HR are asking for my compensation history - base salary, bonus & other cash ...
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How to make interviewee comfortable interviewing in lounge chairs
In the next couple of months, I am planning to have to conduct several interviews with candidates for full-time and intern/co-op positions. I work at a very large company that is well known in the ...
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Hiring Full Stack Developers
I am working in a small start up where thus far the development has been outsourced but we are actively looking to build an in-house dev-team to take over (some parts of) the development process.
The ...
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Are fast interviews red flags?
So, I've applied for a software dev company. I've had one 30 minute interview where we talked about my experience and their tech stack (mostly me asking what they use).
After that, they gave me a 3 ...
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Should I disclose to company if the interviewer for a job is close friend?
I have a campus recruitment drive at my college next week. One of the company's panel/interviewer is my close friend. Before the process should I disclose this to anyone in the company or at college? ...
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How do American Employers view a BSc (Honors)? [closed]
I am thinking about doing an online degree at Open University located in the UK. The reason being is that I will be working a full time job as a software engineer, and would like to get a degree in ...
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Why are CEOs generally fired rather being demoted?
Rather than firing a CEO, he may do a good job as CTO or CFO or even a General Manager(GM). Why is it always 'get out' for CEOs?
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Why would a company skip an HR interview? [closed]
What would make an established company hire someone without doing an HR interview (after several on-site technical interviews) ?
The interviewers said that there will be an HR interview, every ...
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How to handle re-applying for a posting
A month and a half ago I relocated to a new city about 2-3 hours away for my wife’s grad school program. I had a handful of successful interviews, mainly at employer #1 and employer #2. #1 was easily ...
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I think my ex-employer secretely kept me in their system as an employee
I used to work for a company as a General Manager, but gave my notice for a couple reasons. One reason was due to a medical issue and the other was their cult-like culture. This is a fairly large ...
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I am OverLordGoldDragon. Do employers care?
My "online name" is, universally, OverLordGoldDragon. It bears a long history of associated accounts, including some relevant to my future job prospects - like StackExchange and Github. I additionally ...
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Should I start working if background check didn't finish? [closed]
I am in a bad situation where I have a wonderful job offer which I accepted but shortly after they told me that I have to do a background check. I've never done one before and they told me not to ...
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Should I not go forward with internship interview process if I don't have the time to prepare properly?
I'm going into my last year and a half of school at Georgia Tech as a Computer Science major and I was recently approached by a Big Tech Silicon Valley company about pursuing a software internship ...
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Do employers care about where you did your Bachelor if you have a Master's?
I'm currently doing my Bachelor at EPFL, a top rated university for computer science (top 10-20 worldwide) but also very difficult. I was pondering whether or not I am wasting my time since I am ...
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How can I prevent my current low salary from affecting future salary negotiations? [closed]
In a few more months, I will be reaching the 2nd year mark of having been in the workforce after leaving university with a BSc. Most would consider my academic credentials to be above the norm. Yet, ...
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How to express willingness to travel in an interview? Should I mention private business travel?
I am currently applying for a new job. The jobs I am applying for are based on the willingness to travel. In my current job I am not required to travel much (once a year).
I already had an interview ...
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How to deal with “too much” workload for a take home assignment? [duplicate]
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I recently started to look for a job, after several years in my current company, for personnal and work reason. I hadn't had a proper recruitment process for at least 3-4 years now and am ...
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Getting an entry level IT position later in life
I'm at a crossroads in my life and need some help. Long story short, in a couple of years both my children will be in the later stages of their schooling and will no longer need me to do the school ...
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Recruiter is asking when I'll be sending application, should I tell him I'm happy to start the process whenever?
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I will be finishing university next year. I was contacted by a recruiter for a large firm specifically to establish early contact regarding "2020 opportunities", as part of an apparent ...
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Should companies be immediately informed of any disabilities while applying?
Background: I am blind.
My country, the Philippines, does not have laws regarding employment of humans with physical challenges. I have been applying for a software developer position for months now, ...
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Should I give the recruiter my SSN?
I've read other posts on the same question, this instance is a little more specific.
I live in San Francisco and was contacted by an Associate Account Manager at Collabera for a role in San ...
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Recruiter wants to represent me for a role that I've already applied to
Bit of an odd situation here.
I had a chat with a recruiter who told me of opening.
Liked the role he was describing etc.
Got the company name, and realised it was a role that I've already applied ...
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The hiring manager forgot to call me three times now; how to proceed? [closed]
This is for consultant role at a major hospital. I got an email from the recruiter and they forwarded me to the hiring manager. I was excited as it's a great job regarding pay, location, company and ...
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How do you make sure to stay on top regardless of your age? [closed]
I am 19 years old and I'm working as a software engineer since september.
I'm trying to level up myself but I get stuck sometimes because of people thinking that I don't have enough skills and ...
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I have accepted an internship offer. Should I inform companies I have applied to that have not gotten back to me yet?
Over the last weeks, I have applied for internships in various companies. A few days ago, Company A got back to me with an offer I like, which I accepted.
I had 2 interviews scheduled with Company B ...
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Hiring Someone Your Level or Above
I’m a low-level employee at a tech company. A few minor promotions, but not a lead or manager. I am the senior most (of 2) in my department in my office. Our boss (director level) works remotely, but ...
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Taking a test for a position that is on hold?
I recently started the process to join a great company. I passed the first steps (curriculum, chatting with HR), and now I'm supposed to take a technical test.
However, the recruiter messaged me ...
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Will previous employment at the same company impact my chances of getting hired? [closed]
During my interview, I was asked if I ever worked for their company or one of its affiliates - to which I answered yes; I had worked for one of the companies it had acquired in the past.
My questions ...
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Changing career to CS from mechanical engineering [closed]
I am a final year undergraduate student from India from a highly reputed university, studying mechanical engineering. I don't have a lot of interest for it anymore and have a less than stellar (6.9/10)...
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Finding a new job after current responsibilities shifted
I am in a bad place with my current job and I am struggling to find a solution. I ostensibly have one year experience with software development at a reputable company, but that belies the truth, which ...
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After getting rejected, should I try to ask a question about improvements? [duplicate]
Let say that you went in for an interview for a job. The interview was the best and you have done everything perfectly. You even send a thank you message after the interview. However, in a few days ...
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What is the difference between company direct hiring and through consultancy involvement hiring?
I got selected in an American multinational corporation through consultancy involvement that means consultancy arrange interviews with them and they released offer letter to me.
Is this a secure job?...
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Should I accept a job offer if I still don't know if I'm getting into a Masters?
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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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 (...
