Re:Ask HN: How do you look for a new job?
by muzani on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @01:17AM
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Generally, job sites are the least effective way. You'll end up running the resume lottery as well as the tech interview gauntlet. You can probably skip a couple of layers of interviews, drastically increasing your odds by knowing someone.
For my first job, I ran through generic job sites for 3 months with no luck and a lot of frustrating idiotic questions (one person rejected it because she couldn't open PDF and another rejected me in a phone interview for not knowing the company's address by heart).
I eventually just ran through all my Facebook friends asking for a job, and got one with an old family friend. Another two friends referred to me other job opportunities which I later turned down. And I basically just went through 15 people.
For my first job, I ran through generic job sites for 3 months with no luck and a lot of frustrating idiotic questions (one person rejected it because she couldn't open PDF and another rejected me in a phone interview for not knowing the company's address by heart).
I eventually just ran through all my Facebook friends asking for a job, and got one with an old family friend. Another two friends referred to me other job opportunities which I later turned down. And I basically just went through 15 people.