Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by meltyness on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:02AM
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I had an instance where I applied to a Fortune 500 company. The minimums were broken out as a survey, and you were automatically (and explicitly) disqualified if you answered "wrong". One of the minimums contradicted the posting, and being honest, I was disqualified.
Months later, after the summer, I got a frenzied email from HR asking me to apply again. Apparently the posting ruled out all the candidates, someone high-up thought for-sure "someone" was qualified.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by carom on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:20AM
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I keep getting hired for programming roles then they have me do everything except program. Jira, terraform, code reviews, design docs, meetings, deploys, on calls... I get that this is the job, but I'm a really good programmer and it hardly gets used.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
by FactualActuals on Thursday September 01, 2022 @09:15AM
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I'm currently looking for a job and I can't tell you the amount of times the job description or the experience required doesn't match what the team is actually looking for.
Also, I very clearly lay out in my resume and with the initial phone interview that I have 6 years Python experience and 1 year in C++. I've had recruiters reach out to me about positions requiring 5+ years of C++ experience when I am currently looking for Python jobs
The job market is a market. Nobody owes you anything. In most job fields the buyer has the leverage over the seller so the buyers will go out of their way to press that leverage (low pay, low benefits, impossible demands etc). It just happens that in a few fields the seller has the advantage so they're doing the same thing to you. My point is you have to accept it and move on, because things like this happen all the time and won't ever stop.