The rise of never-ending job interviews

Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by burntoutfire on Monday August 02, 2021 @03:37AM (#28033890)

Many people apply to all the FANGS, since the interviewing skillset needed is similar. Moreover, you can reapply every six months. In result, this gives you perhaps 5-10 lottery tickets every year, which means it's very feasible to get in within a year or two (or three).

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by janoc on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:39AM (#28034277)

In other words - don't bother to apply if you actually need a job. And if you have a job already, why would you bother to apply there? It used to be attractive but is it still? With all the scandals and upheaval in the recent years?

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by dudeman13 on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:07AM (#28035147)

>And if you have a job already, why would you bother to apply there? It used to be attractive but is it still? With all the scandals and upheaval in the recent years?

$$$

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by killtimeatwork on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:12AM (#28034489)

The reason is that it doubles or triples regular SWE salary.

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by xyzzy_plugh on Monday August 02, 2021 @08:36AM (#28035731)

Eh, I've had two offers from Google that were far below the "market rate" I was receiving at some of the largest pre-IPO unicorns of the last decade, and their interview processes were substantially better.

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by gowld on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:04AM (#28035968)

"pre-IPO unicorn" is the same rarified air. We're comparing to average paying jobs most people have.

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by maccard on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:53AM (#28034371)

Going through 5 companies hoops for 2-3 years sounds like a full time job. There's no way I would have time to do that on top of work right now.

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by dagw on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:16AM (#28036104)

What if doing so could double or triple your salary? Would that change the calculus?

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by maccard on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:30PM (#28042929)

It doesn't change the number of hours in my day, so unlikely.

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by dagw on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:28AM (#28059369)

But it could cut down on the number of days you have to work before retiring.

For what it's worth I probably wouldn't want to move to SF and take a FAANG job either, but I can see why many people would

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by dilyevsky on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:42PM (#28042352)

I think i may have given the impression that it’s 10% by pure chance which it most def isn’t. There’s certainly some randomness in the system but if someone is in the bottom 50% by skill they can probably apply like 100 times and still fail every single one.

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by bryanrasmussen on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:45AM (#28035375)

>Moreover, you can reapply every six months. In result, this gives you perhaps 5-10 lottery tickets every year,

you are aware of the saying that the lottery is a tax on stupidity?

I guess that is perhaps a little harsh, but only a little.

First off, I don't think I would want to work at any place where getting in there is represented as winning a lottery ticket. Think of the poor oompa-loompas enslaved in Willy Wonka's factory.

Second off, perhaps it's just my vantage as a consultant in Denmark but everything I've read about working in Google has made me think it doesn't seem very enticing.

Third off, even when I was not married with kids I would not have wanted to spend so much time twice a year! How many unpaid hours a year are people willing to work for a lottery ticket that essentially pays out a top-paying job?

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Re:The rise of never-ending job interviews by gowld on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:03AM (#28035957)

Do you understand the difference between spending money on a negative expected value lottery, and spending time developing your knowledge skills?

Almost everything in life is "lottery ticket" with some odds.

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