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How to let a recruiter know you're not seriously considering another job but you are exploring your options
Read want ads/listings yourself? Then it's only your own time you're wasting.
Or offer to pay for some amount of time spent helping you evaluate the market. There are firms you can hire to do this ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Do you have a reasonable thing you could have claimed to be doing for the last year? Studying, travelling, etc.
Realistically speaking, you're unlikely to get caught out if you just leave those jobs ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Having seen close-up how the scenario in your job #1 play out a few different times in the USA at large orgs (not as a participant), I can tell you that "putting in a paper complaint" is NOT ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
The main points I'd suggest have already been covered by other answers, but one more thing that can help:
Volunteering
Non-profit volunteer organisations are often short-staffed. Depending on the role ...
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Don't quite understand why companies ask LeetCode problems in software interviews?
Partly, there are historical reasons.
The archetypal question of this kind is reversing a linked list. At the time when it was first used for interviews, a lot of programming work involved slinging ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Networking
You should start networking based on people who know you, then expand from there. The optimal goal is to have an informal chat with a person who has hiring capabilities.
Ask people in your ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
A resume is a sales pitch
Don't mention jobs you don't want to mention. A resume isn't a biography, and you are under no moral or legal obligation for it to be a complete list of everything you have ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
user1532080's comment is the answer: Your references from a past job can be anyone you worked with at that job. You do not have to use your direct supervisor, or whoever it was that was directly ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Shady
Don't list your previous 3 employers. If they weren't government jobs then there is no way for a potential employer to know your work history unless you reveal it via resume, word-of-mouth, ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Extra Interview & Application Work
You'll have to put in more work during the application process. Whether this be by applying to more jobs, thoroughly polishing other areas of value on your ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Regardless of what I say, I expect a potential 4th employer to look
dimly at the situation with the perspective that "if all these
employers had/have some problem with him, then it must be him.&...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
If you have serious grounds to sue any of the former employees (as you claim), and can manage to, you could try to sue. If the facts are as strong as you claim, significant reputational damage has ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Getting fired three times by three different companies in a year is a huge red flag to future employers, and to be blunt, there's nothing you can really do about that. You say that it's due to them ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
These are not high level jobs. They're in the sorts of positions where high turnover is half-expected and no one cares much about references or digs deeply into past jobs. Having said that, the ...
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Don't quite understand why companies ask LeetCode problems in software interviews?
My company does a similar style of questions and I think it is a good way to filter out developers who know how to solve a general algorithmic problem.
For example, it could be, given 10000 x 10000 ...
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Don't quite understand why companies ask LeetCode problems in software interviews?
I think its downright ridiculous to be asked to solve leetcode problems in 45 mins. The annoying part is the amount of knowledge and experience thats not queried just your leetcode skills.
Employers ...
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How do you ask about job position number one after interviewing for job position number two?
Since you applied for both and they only interviewed you for one of them (as opposed to ghosting you), I think they probably don't see you as a good match for position one.
You could reach out to HR ...
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How to address contrast between current and past employment?
Especially if you don't want a similar job again be honest and upfront about it. It's going to get you declined from the jobs that are looking for someone to do more grunt work, and it's going to be a ...
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In an interview, how do I find out about taking small unofficial breaks when things aren't busy?
I find it's best to be direct in terms of getting the information you want without actually saying what you want. Something along the lines of.
'How do the breaks times work in this company?'
And let ...
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How to address contrast between current and past employment?
I think you should explain it exactly like that
We all had to get a survival job once or twice, and in my opinion, honesty is the best policy
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In an interview, how do I find out about taking small unofficial breaks when things aren't busy?
I think there are several separate topics which all should have regulations on the company level:
Is there flextime and how is flextime counted?
is there a core time model or is a fixed attendance ...
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How do you ask about job position number one after interviewing for job position number two?
Talk to the hiring manager/recruiter and say words to the effect:
"I see that you are also advertising for Position One, I think my skills and experience would also be a good fit for this role ...
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In an interview, how do I find out about taking small unofficial breaks when things aren't busy?
There are sometimes answers I infer from questions which are relevant to the topic, but not directly discussing the information I'm genuinely interested in; This topic is an example for me.
Instead of ...
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In an interview, how do I find out about taking small unofficial breaks when things aren't busy?
When interviewing, I have found that I would generally interview with the hiring manager as well as some potential coworkers. I will ask them to give me a rundown of the team/company culture and an ...
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How to respond to interview offers while employed?
As a former hiring engineering manager, I think that later in the workday is very reasonable especially if you give the reason that you aren't available during the workday due to professional ...
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Internal Recruiter Non-Responsive After Interview Request, Reschedule
Thanksgiving week is typically a wash. Businesses are minimally staffed because people are out on vacation. Turn in some applications for other opportunities right now, and follow up on this ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
My gut feeling is that the work culture may be toxic overall. Unless the first manager I interviewed with and his team get paid much more?
It may be the other way round. Their team may be under ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
My plan is to attend the meeting, let it run normally, and by the end of it mention what the previous interviewer told me, and clarify once again that I'm not willing to work on such a schedule.
Don'...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
It depends. I had a friend who worked at what might be described as a 100B$+ ERP software company.
Their tech pipeline, at least back then, was atrocious. In the sense that all the teams pumped ...
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Weird circumstances surrounding feedback interview after on-site interview
What do I take of this?
It is definitely a glitch because no companies would send a flurry of no-reply email notifications that look like they want to hire you for a position.
In reality, if a ...
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Internal Recruiter Non-Responsive After Interview Request, Reschedule
Should I just move on?
No. You should give them a second chance, and go ahead to schedule an interview.
Is this standard behavior by recruiters/orgs in the government and private sector?
My answer ...
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Weird circumstances surrounding feedback interview after on-site interview
I think the more interesting question is:
Does what was sent through interest you?
If the answer is 'yes' - then I would essentially let the recruiter know. Glitch or not, a hand has been shown and if ...
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Weird circumstances surrounding feedback interview after on-site interview
What do I take of this?
Nothing much. A glitch is a glitch and there doesn't seem anything happening here.
Does this mean my chances of getting hired are good or are negative feedback interviews a ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
Yes.
Reading between the lines, I would assume that the company as a whole did not approve of that initial managers team culture. That they recognise that and are willing to offer potential solutions ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
No.
Employee exploitation is a whole-company culture issue, not a single team culture one. So if one team within that company is expected to work obviously illegal hours with no compensation, why ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
I really understand you, because I was working in some big company and I have experienced similar issues. The things you have experienced means that some (many ?) big companies has non-integral ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
I think the cultural fit interview went well: for you, and possibly for the manager. You both determined that the team wasn't a fit, and so avoided a lot of needless conflict between an employee ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
Is it really worth it though?
Yes.
You could try to get an interview with the second manager to see how their team works, especially when "their HR person says that their priorities shifted"...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
My plan is to attend the meeting, let it run normally, and by the end of it mention what the previous interviewer told me, and clarify once again that I'm not willing to work on such a schedule
They ...
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Cultural fit interview went pretty badly. They want me to re-do it for another team, worth it?
Large companies have many teams that function in different ways and have different cultures. The function of a team influences the culture. You yourself explained the culture of the team you ...
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How to answer the question "on a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you about this job?" from a recruiter
If you are even mildly interested in getting the job, just say 10.
It will make a good impression with the recruiter (which in turn will make a good impression with the company), which will raise your ...
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Hiring Manager not considerate of my time?
Much like people new to the job market don't know how to write good resumees, interview well, or look for jobs.
People who are new to recruiting don't know how to conduct interviews, setup interviews ...
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Hiring Manager not considerate of my time?
I gave them my availability which was a 6hour time frame.
and from comments:
[regarding what they told you asking to narrow that down] They gave me a 3 hr window instead of 6, which I still feel ...
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Hiring Manager not considerate of my time?
How badly do you want a job? I wouldn't have given them a 6 hour window. Seeing that I have a mobile, I wouldn't have put any restrictions on it.
If I didn't have a mobile then I would have said ...
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How to reply to interview questions about showing "core values" that the company says it has?
Diversity as a core value is about embracing that people are different, and that this is a good thing, and we should let people be different while still letting them be a part of the whole.
If you ...
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How to reply to interview questions about showing "core values" that the company says it has?
When answering interview questions revolving around broad, open ended core values, I tend to take the reins in a direction which I am passionate about.
If you're applying for a job at this company, ...
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How to answer the question "on a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you about this job?" from a recruiter
If this question is coming from a random 3rd party recruiter - can either be honest or give some non-specific answer such as "I'm definitely excited".
If this question is coming from a ...
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How to answer the question "on a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you about this job?" from a recruiter
Questions like this aren't designed to measure your interest. They're designed to measure your commitment to the job opportunity, and put you in a position where the recruiter can later shame you ...
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How to respond to interview offers while employed?
What is your work from home policy like? If you have WFH days, you can (maybe, depending on your role) chance using those and get your actual work done later. Won't work if you're expected to be in ...
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How to answer the question "on a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you about this job?" from a recruiter
Either it's a 10 or you ask questions instead of giving a number. Any other answer can be used against you.
Giving a 7 or 8 just tells them to defer you for someone who gives a 10. It is completely ...
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