Questions tagged [pre-screening]
For questions related to the pre-employment screening process.
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Pre employment Background screening question (HireRight)
pre employment background screening question
Hi, had a question. Quite a complex situation so I apologies in advance and would appreciate any advise.
A few years ago I worked for a new company (joined ...
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Would I know if my answer to question why I leave my last company acceptable?
My situation is, when I joined my last company, my title is senior software engineer. When I joined the team for two weeks, I was assigned to a new team. In that moment, there was no source code yet ...
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Why would a HR still ask when I can start work though I have already stated in my resume?
Some context: I applied for a temp technician job (stated to be a 3 months job) recently. Though the role was stated to prefer people who can start immediately, I just submitted my resume, having a ...
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Hiding current low academia salary from potential employer
I am working in academia as a Post-doc which always pays low as compared to my market value. A potential employer from an industrial position, before even taking my interview, asked my current salary ...
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Rejection based on failing edge cases in take home assignment
I recently was subject to a take home assignment(a web project) as developer, it took a good 4 days to finish the working prototype of the coding challenge. With respect to the core features tests, ...
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Is this a usual way of screening?
After my application as mechanical engineer I was contacted by the leader(manager) of the particular team to talk about the opportunity. We scheduled a day and the Skype talk was very good and he ...
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interview exam anxiety
I'll be coding as part of a technical interview process.
I'm highly skilled-- wrote&aced many complex systems/algorithms also in technical interviews over the years, spoke before audiences, etc. ...
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Difference in job title, Background check [duplicate]
I currently work at a tech company in the engineering department on the database operations team. I do strictly development work in my job, and everyone on my team refers to themselves as software ...
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Lied on my resume about some dates and don't know how to fix it [closed]
I have been working at a new job for a couple days now but I got an email about a blip in my screening. they are asking for proof I worked a certain time at my old job. I wrote on my resume that I ...
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My former employer doesn't count training as part of my time with the company..?
I was with my previous employer for one year and within that one year they have a four month training period. After leaving the company I've applied for another position at a different company. I ...
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How much can I judge a company based on a phone screening?
I had a phone screen with the hiring manager (VP of Engineering), and my impressions weren't very favorable. Some of my basic questions were answered vaguely or at best, with answers that I didn't ...
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How shall I communicate with my ex-collegue (and now manager), before joining back a company
I am software professional with many years of experience. A few years back I had left a company to start my own business. Unfortunately, my start-up didn't work out as I had expected. I'm now in need ...
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New job to begin Monday has been rescinded due to 'incorrect employment dates' - this is my response, what do you think? [closed]
Today my dream died.
After the enthralling experience of meeting yourself and the entire team, all I have dreamt of since being given an offer was working with all of you. Sadly, this was not meant ...
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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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Screening with a new company, previous job a start-up
I recently received an offer for a job with a new company who have sent out a screening questionnaire with a request for 5 years of employment history. For the past 2.5 years I have worked for a large ...
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any evidence that correlates bad credit history with poor job performance? [closed]
I have been reading about credit history and job applications. In some US states, it is legal to require a credit history check as a condition of employment.
What sociological evidence exists to ...
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Pre-employment physical examination for US software engineers
I recently received an offer letter from a software company that states the offer "is contingent upon my successful completion of the pre-employment screening process, including ... my satisfactory ...
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Asking to reschedule an interview because of spontaneous plan to go on vacation on that day [closed]
I am in an interesting situation. I work Monday-Thursday (company policy, normal companies work Monday-Friday). I have a Skype interview scheduled for next Friday). Today I realized the upcoming ...
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Maintaining contact with potential employer
About a week ago I received a screening questionnaire email from a company I am looking to work for. After filling out the questionnaire, I've since heard nothing from the company, and I'm not sure if ...
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Is it OK to ask what the agenda will be for a phone interview [duplicate]
I've been luckly enough to be offered a phone interview for a position I applied to. However, in the email it doesn't say what the agenda during the interview will be. I expect it to be an ...
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Is it reasonable to ask for compensation for completing very long pre-interview programming assignments?
For brevity I removed some of the details. Here are some examples of recent ones:
Company A (a startup company):
Using C or C++ implement a thread-safe hash table which can resize as needed.
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Why do potential employers require a residence (street address) on applications?
Most online applications specifically require a street address for residence. I have always been careful about my personal information, and I do not see why it is necessary to ask for my street ...
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Potential US employers require social security number as part of application; what am I not seeing?
My college age son is job hunting here in California, and a few large employers (Lowe's, Sears, Michael's) are requiring his social security number as part of the application process. The process ...
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Completing assessment for prospective job
On Friday I was given a project, creating an app and deploying it, to work on for a position that I applied for. I have now completed it but it is missing one aspect of it because I am not familiar ...
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How does a W2 verify self-employment?
I'm being screened by a third party company to verify my self-employment for a job and they asked for my W2's.
How exactly does this verify I'm self-employed?
My business has made no profit to date, ...
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Resume automatically screened - at disadvantage due to formatting?
This might be a simple worry, but I am curious about other peoples experiences. I am applying to my first real-world job (not in academia anymore) and I am worried my resume will get screened because ...
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Are there any available resources to practice business and engineering cases?
I am preparing for an technical interview where I will be asked a few brain teasers and I will be presented with business cases to analyze.
While I am looking up information about real cases the ...
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can potential employers contact previous employers and ask for salary?
I know that they can ask anything but is a previous employer allowed to give out my previous salary. Basically, I'm trying to determine why new employers ask for 'your previous salary' if there is no ...
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What is the level of complexity required in coding samples? [closed]
A few months ago I was given a pre-interview assignment for a company. The task was simple, read some data from a file and put them in a database.
Many areas of the design had a varying degree of ...
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Why ask, "Have you ever worked for the federal government?" as part of the pre-screen questions of a non-gov't agency?
"Have you ever worked for the federal government?"
This question is part of a company's pre-screening questions. Why ask this question? What are they trying to establish?
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Pre-employment assessment testing [closed]
I have worked in the property management industry (multi-family) for many years. The industry and hiring practices have changed dramatically. Many companies are using "People Answers" for pre-...
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Employment screening - CV not accurate
I have just made it through a highly complex and lengthy interview with a large social network but upon receiving the contract today, I am somewhat afraid of the consequences of having lied a little ...
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Front End Developer Screening Preparation [closed]
I have an interview for a Front End Developer position coming up, and this will be my first time being interviewed for such a position and I'm very nervous. As such, I'm trying to figure out:
What I ...
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Company's view of a recurrent applicant
After I applied for a position, the employer contacted me to let me know I was not selected. Weeks later, I saw the same position being offered by the same employer. How would that employer view me ...
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Difference between a scheduled interview and a walk-in interview?
I am going to a "Walk-In Interview" session a company is having at their location. This is a respected company that a friend of mine works for and really enjoys. There was a recruiter who told me to ...
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Victim of callous screening [duplicate]
I have had this terrible experience twice in my life both while attending interviews as a developer for reputed MNC software firm . Even after shortlisting my resume for the interviews and after ...
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Can working with niche apps/tech exclusively hurt your career in actual software development? How to get out of the cycle?
I'm finding myself in a bit of a pickle. I've been at a pretty comfortable IT group for almost a decade. I got my start here working on web development, mostly CRUD, but have demonstrated the ability ...
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Dealing With Pressure in Interviews
Lately because my contract with my current employer is coming to an end I've been doing a lot of interviewing and I've noticed one recurring problem. Lately I've noticed a tendency get nervous easily ...
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What kinds of questions are actually asked on a polygraph exam?
I've never personally had to take a polygraph examination before, but I have had a psychological evaluation before (which isn't all that bad at all). The psychological was just filling out a survey, ...
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How common is the use of the polygraph for security cleared jobs?
I asked in a comment to an answer to the question Security clearance jobs: will security make it hard to get work done? whether real life agencies are as enamoured of the polygraph as their portrayal ...
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