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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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