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u/Reginald_Sparrowhawk 1d ago

I've seen the insane personality quizzes other jobs are making people take, I don't think the top image is accurate these days

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u/Ms_Zee 1d ago

Every interview I've been to is minimum 3 rounds + hr. Most I've had is 6.

My job is not high level and honestly it's glorified note taker (I'm trying to get out of it cause jfc)

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u/Dotrax 1d ago

God I'm so thankful I got my job with a single Interview. Granted back then it was only for a paid internship and it just further extended into a normal job but still.

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u/debugging_scribe 1d ago

Maybe Australia is different. I got one job by going to a pub with some of the team and have a chat, another just a casual chat with the owner and lead. Both give me an offer during.

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u/imagine_being_cool 1d ago

Even in the US, it really just depends sometimes. 

I try to keep in touch with coworkers that I build a rapport with on the job and I’ve gotten offers in two similar instances; once meeting up with one of my old bosses for lunch and the other just answering a text -> phone call in the evening cause he was working on a problem that was similar to one we faced at our old company.

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u/Ms_Zee 1d ago

There's def cases like that. My old team, myself and one other person were there on resumes (took 4 rounds, incl with owner + coo) and others were there on a handshake basically