Questions tagged [hiring-process]
Questions relating to the employment process for a new employee.
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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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Is it legal to invite “protected classes” to apply in the Netherlands? [on hold]
So here is the thing. I was reading this popular question about how to hire more diversity and some not-so-highly voted answers suggest to "invite" protected classes in the ad to apply. The answers ...
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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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Job offer accepted - start date is being delayed [closed]
I just finished a job and managed to secure an another one through the agency.
It was very usual process with series of interviews, later email with an offer and my final job acceptance. Communication ...
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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 ...
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Is it a good idea to mention in my CV, as a programmer, the number of reputation points on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I work in academia, as a lecturer, teaching computer programming and I am thinking of getting hired at a software firm. I was thinking to put in my CV my StackOverflow account, including how many ...
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Is it appropriate to give an unsolicited negative referral?
I recently discovered that an acquaintance of mine (Bob) might be applying for a position in the same group that I'm in. While I am on good terms with Bob, he is not very personable and I do not want ...
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How do I recover from lying to potential employer about not having a full-time job at the moment?
During my job hunting, some companies responded very fast to me while others took up to several weeks to reply. Some companies either rejected me or gave me an offer few days after an interview, while ...
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Should I keep asking candidates to include a specific word to filter out candidates who didn't pay attention to the job ad?
I am looking for a developer. For that I posted an ad that looks like this:
We are searching for a BlahBlah developer part-time in-house. You will
be responsible for:
......
Flexible ...
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Taking a coding test with another potential candidate at the same time
I went for a Software Engineering interview earlier which in my opinion was unique in a bad way(s), but in this post I want to highlight only one thing that I observed.
Before going to the interview ...
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Recruiting agencies vs direct applications [closed]
I have always applied for my past and current job in companies with a direct application. For reference, I am currently based in EU.
Recently I've got couple of interesting contacts from a couple of ...
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For managers: How do you get what you need from the HR department? [closed]
I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a manager complain, “The HR department included ‘must have college degree’ in the job req even though I don’t care” or “They asked for 5 years of ...
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Asked about health of an applicant when providing a reference
I've recently been asked to provide a personal reference for an ex-colleague, they've asked the standard questions, but these two stood out to me
Please tell us anything you know about the ...
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Is it too late to ask for a signing bonus?
A few weeks ago I accepted a job offer. Because I'd been out of work a long time and have a lot of debt, I considered asking for a signing bonus, but my spouse was afraid that trying to negotiate ...
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Should I worry if I haven't received an email from my new company yet?
I received an offer letter but it was contingent on a drug test and a background check. I got a copy of the completed background check (eligible for hire) and I do not do drugs but I haven't heard ...
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Ending the interview in the middle of it because of feeling offended by level of question
An interviewee decided to end the interview in the middle of it because he felt insulted by the level of some of the questions that had been asked. would you hire him?
Some background:
What happened ...
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What are the common employer worries/screeners when selecting remote developers?
In order to increase my chances to get my ideal remote job I am trying to anticipate and solve the common concerns the employer may have.
I have listed some:
Is the timezone compatible?
Does this ...
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Trying to be honest in a hiring process without over-complicating
I'm in a hiring process where I have 8 hours to build a project.
The project is split in two parts of 4 hours. I have finished the first part last week, and I will meet with my technical interviewer ...
