Jobs

A tale of two interview processes (neither of which I got):

BigCorp
- 12 interviews over 10 months (!)
- 2 rejections from people I never met followed up weeks later with a callback that yes they did indeed want me and please do another interview
- constantly being told they wanted my experience but being interviewed for different skills
- led to a general icky feeling towards said corp and ceasing my use of their product 

ScrappyCorp
- 6 interviews + paid work trial over 3 months
- meeting with people who actually knew who I was and went as far as reading my blog
- general bullishness towards team and product with good vibes even though it didn’t work out

There’s a right and a wrong way to do things ;)

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Hiring for one is still hard rn if you don’t have a good candidate that came through direct referral these days

If you start with « we need to hire 50 people right now!!! » you’re going to have a borked flow regardless.

Was just telling Jack earlier this week that I think interviewing is especially borked right now

my husband got an immediate (and probably automated) rejection after submitting his resume for a job. a month later he got a call from them saying they wanted to interview him 🥴

i know the reports say the job market is strong, but companies are seriously wacky right now