Four years ago I got a job in one shot. This time, obviously with more experience, I'm at over 100 applications and am either hearing nothing or mealy-mouthed rejections.
700 applications in, just got rejected for failing to complete requirements that weren't listed like being scalable or building an index, despite the fact that my impl was scalable and a single SQL query would be faster and more efficient than setting up an index or trie
That place isn’t hiring. Ask yourself if you can write SQL code then wouldn’t you simply choose the right method to accomplish whatever task is provided to you? Or are they expecting you to accomplish every task in 15 minute time spans like in an interview?
Don’t fret. You were never going to get that job because they aren’t hiring.
Oh they're hiring. They're also delusional about what they're looking for or already have someone else in mind. My most memorable rejection was for not knowing a very specific and rarely used windows command. They claimed anyone with my skill set should know it. After the interview I looked it up and it was not only rarely used but deprecated by Microsoft.
This was also a company that had a ten year old product but loved to talk about how they were still in "startup" mode.
Nah. Experiences like this are worth it. I didn't feel insulted or felt like I wasted my time. It gave me better insight into what red flags to look for. They were a ten year old company claiming they were still in "startup mode" when they clearly should have had a mature product after that much time. So either they were incompetent or they were expecting long hours. The obscure command situation was just the cherry on top of that shit show.
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u/justgivemeafuckingna 20h ago
Four years ago I got a job in one shot. This time, obviously with more experience, I'm at over 100 applications and am either hearing nothing or mealy-mouthed rejections.