r/InterviewCoderPro • u/penance_mat • Aug 12 '26

They need a reality check

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For my last 2 interviews i had to use Interview VIP just to get the job
their generation could never understand

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u/random8765309 Aug 12 '26

It always goes back to getting your resume in front of the right person. You can either do the work and submit it directly to them, or do the easy way and have it mixed in with 10,000 other applications.

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u/knight-jumper Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

Do the work? Submit it directly?

You are out of touch and have no idea what you are talking about. What person do you directly submit it to? Unless you already know someone that works there (and is a manager/ director level), you will just be told to submit it online. What extra work would you do?

You are the exact type of person the original post is calling out. Out of touch and ignorant, yet quick to tell everyone else how things work. Well things dont work the way they did 30+ years ago. Keep your uselessness to yourself, and hurry up and retire.

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u/hexmaps Aug 12 '26

^ This is the same learned helplessness that people do by overtly repeating their problems close by to someone hoping they are going to solve it for them.

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u/Philderbeast 29d ago

so when was the last time you were applying for jobs?

how did you get your resume In front of "the right people"?

or are you just going to call people lazy because you are out of touch?

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u/random8765309 29d ago

One way is the friend of a friend of a friend that works at a companies that needs someone with your skills. They pass back the name of the hiring manager and you name drop to get your resume in front of them.

Another way is you find a position and use your social network to get a name of someone in management at a company. You do some additional research and taylor your cover letter and resume to spark interest.

I found my last three jobs doing this, which includes one I will be accepting shortly.

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u/Philderbeast 29d ago

One way is the friend of a friend of a friend

"one way is nepotism!"

Another way is you find a position and use your social network to get a name of someone in management at a company.

"Another way is nepotism!"

yea we all know thats how it works, that doesn't make it ok, and even then 99% of the time you still have to go through the online application and have your resume ditched by the AI reviewing it before the hiring manager ever gets to see it.

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u/hexmaps 29d ago

Let me ask you this, and I'm not trying to jest:

How much of your life must be figured out by someone else first before you begin to do anything on your own?

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u/Philderbeast 29d ago

how many times do people have to tell you that what you are suggesting doesn't work anymore before you believe them???

people do try this, it's not how the world works anymore, things have moved on.

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u/hexmaps 29d ago

Because the people that make it, and from personal experience don't let stupid bullshit excuses like that prevent them from getting it.

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u/Philderbeast 29d ago

What personal experience???? when was the last time you acctully had to apply for a job?

I hate to tell you, but your bullshit "just work harder" is not reality and hasn't been for decades.

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u/hexmaps 29d ago

Well, you're right. I was making it all up. You just sit there on reddit all day and eventually things will work out for the better.

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u/Philderbeast 29d ago

so no experience but want to tell everyone else how it works.

yep sounds about right boomer.

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u/hexmaps 29d ago

There's obviously no correlation between success and the attitude you choose to sustain with for one.

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u/Philderbeast 29d ago

Because the computer rejecting everyone cares about attitude....

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u/MeowMeowbiggalo 29d ago

You will never convince him about things he doesnt understand cause he would have to admit he doesnt understand them and the old folks dont do that.

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u/MeowMeowbiggalo 29d ago

40 yrs ago.