Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering Role

Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by munchbunny on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @02:53PM (#16915507)

The only thing I've found to help with this sales funnel is... to know a lot of people, and to invest time in networking. It sucks because in a meritocratic system it shouldn't work this way, but it does.

I'm neck deep in my job search, and I'm getting to the HR interview at rates around 30-40%, but that's because I'm getting to the HR interview at rates near 90% where I was able to get someone to refer me or send my resume straight to the hiring manager. For non-referrals, I'm seeing closer to 100->10-15.

I think that's just insane.

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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by warrenm on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @05:05PM (#16916575)

HR is filtering - in my experience - 100s or 1000s of people for a single role (or small handful of roles).

That you are seeing 30-40% HR interview rates shows you've got something on your resume (or your referrals) that's pushing your resume higher on the stack.

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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by munchbunny on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @10:06PM (#16918187)

Oh for sure, I was just pointing out just how drastic the HR filter can be. I might have thought referrals would make a 2x difference in rates of getting an interview right? But no... it's much more stark than I personally expected.

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