Re:Ask HN: Joining Big Tech in One’s 40s
by hiyer on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:23AM
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> I fear I'd be blacklisted on some list these companies might share, should I bomb one without a lot of time spent reviewing.
AFAIK they only blacklist you for 6 months and then you can try again. Even that may be relaxed if you're trying for a different department or, especially, geographical location.
> numerous days of vacation time used for these interviews in California, it doesn't seem worth the effort.
In India at least, the big companies handle this better than smaller ones - they have one or two telephonic interviews to begin with and then finish off all the face-to-face interviews in a single day.
AFAIK they only blacklist you for 6 months and then you can try again. Even that may be relaxed if you're trying for a different department or, especially, geographical location.
> numerous days of vacation time used for these interviews in California, it doesn't seem worth the effort.
In India at least, the big companies handle this better than smaller ones - they have one or two telephonic interviews to begin with and then finish off all the face-to-face interviews in a single day.