cantgethired
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No, it's been twice I've gotten the "not enough experience" (non) answer. Once, the recruiter literally told me they were looking for someone with more "API experience." I don't even know WTF "API experience" is if not back end web development, and you can clearly see the number of years' experience I have in that on my resume.
I'm a 6' tall white male, probably average to slightly above average attractiveness.
I've actually signed up for this, and looked at some of their interview replays. They only do phone screen type coding interviews. Those are the kind I consistently do very well in anyway.
If it's salary requirements, then they're psychic, because I'm dodging that question left and right. I've literally not answered that question with a number yet. But I am in my mid 40's.
I'm a mid 40's white male. I have no gray hair, and I'm frequently told I look younger.
Definitely interested in programminginterviewprep.com or something similar. If anyone else has other services they know of, I'd love to hear about them.
> That being said, if you're applying for jobs you're qualified for, you should hit 50%, not 0%.
Let me rephrase that: I'm interviewing for positions where I feel I meet most of the posted requirements, and I'm getting moved on to onsites.
I have been telling myself this, but it's small comfort. :) I am aware that interviews generally have about a 1/5 success rate overall. Since I've done "only" 6 onsites, that means that I should have an expected 74% chance of a job offer so far. I would be truly worried if I had failed 10 or 11 onsites in a row. As of now, I'm just... concerned. :/
Good question. I am currently 0/6 in onsites, and 7/7 in technical phone screens. I anticipate having more interviews in the next couple of weeks, as I have no shortage of opportunities in my inbox.
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cantgethired on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:11PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I've been on the job hunt for a while now, and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. I'm getting attention from recruiters, passed every phone screen, and getting to onsites, but then consistently failing onsite. It is not because I can't write code; I've written running code in a majority of these interviews (the rest were design/nontechnical, or whiteboard interviews where the code may or may...