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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by chrisseaton on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:10PM (#27848010)
> Funny how the FAANG companies never make open source work a requirement

When I got rejected from Google the feedback was I should do more open source work.

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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by vkou on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:29PM (#27849012)
It's a non-commital, actionable, non-specific, diplomatic answer, that is a nicer way of saying: "Practice more."

If an interviewee reached out to me for feedback, and I weren't comfortable giving honest feedback[1], that's probably what I would tell them.

[1] There is no reason I should ever be comfortable giving honest feedback, every bit of interviewer training anyone has ever taken will tell you as much.

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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by chrisseaton on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:53PM (#27849316)
> It's a non-commital, actionable, non-specific, diplomatic answer, that is a nicer way of saying: "Practice more."

Yeah it didn't even make sense so I'm sure it was a generic 'you're not good enough' answer. I had hundreds of thousands of lines in a major open source project at the time. Not sure I could really do any more anyway!

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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by RobRivera on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:50PM (#27848554)
they gave you feedback?
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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by chrisseaton on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:54PM (#27848608)
After I asked yes. It was given in-person not formally in writing.
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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by kyawzazaw on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:19PM (#27848904)
Salesforce gave me feedback
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