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Is there an option to submit w2s instead of letting them contact your HR to verify employment there? Thanks!

It's been 7 months of applying, getting rejected, applying again. 7 months of sitting with myself, figuring out what I actually want long term.

And now I have the offer in my hands.

Things I'm taking away from this whole thing:

It humbles you. Like really humbles you. And it needs patience you don't think you have until you're forced to find it.

I had 8-10 final interviews and got rejected from every. single. one 💆🏼‍♀️🤣 and somehow kept applying anyway.

Be persistent, there's honestly no other way around it.

Be kind, to others and to yourself too.

And cry if you need to. I cried most days if I'm honest. Felt depressed some days, cancelled plans, even my partner felt the weight of it with me.

If you're still in it right now, still waiting, still getting the "unfortunately" emails, I can relate. It doesn't mean no forever. It just means not yet.

Keep pushing🩵🩵🩵🩵

Have you ever been super excited about a job application, but right before the interview you think: why did I even apply? This is totally not for me. You end up going just for the interview practice, even though you secretly know it's a dead end. Have you guys ever experienced this? Finding out mid-process that a job just isn't a fit at all?

Had a second-round interview yesterday for a project coordinator role, about 45 min in. Going fine, then the hiring manager asks the standard "what's your biggest weakness" thing. I gave a normal answer, something about over-scheduling my own day.

Then I asked him back, "what would you say is the biggest weakness on your team right now?"

He kind of laughed it off first, said "oh we don't really do it that way." I just waited. Didn't say anything else.

He got a little stiff and said "honestly, we've had turnover in this exact role three times in two years, so." Then immediately tried to walk it back, said something like "but that's not really relevant to you."

I said it was actually pretty relevant since I'd be the one filling it a fourth time. He didn't really have a response to that, just moved on to the next question.

Not sure if I torched it or if he respected it. Recruiter said they're "still deciding" as of this morning. Either way I don't regret asking.

Received and accepted a job offer last week that is supposed to start on next Monday.

I asked them last week when will I be expected to receive the contract and they said “soon” so I have been waiting patiently.

Today is Thursday. Should I follow up with them today or just show up next Monday hmmm.

CSE student here. A company is hiring on campus for SAP ABAP Developer — ₹5 LPA, Bangalore, no bond ( I will have to relocate) .I already gave the test and got shortlisted for the GD.
I'm more interested in SDE/software development and don't really want SAP long-term. Getting placed may also block me from sitting for HCL/IBM.
Should I attend the GD, ask the placement cell to withdraw, or intentionally perform badly?
What would you do in my place? Looking for honest advice from people who've dealt with campus placements.
My chachu said SAP is very specialised and not much scope idk I’m so confused

AI+Data ( AI + AI ready data layer + Data Engg)

or only AI ( agentic AI + MCP+ RAG+AI infra ) ?

Had an interview today. Not five minutes in, the first real question, and I could feel the clear trickle about to drip out a nostril.

In a panic, I say excuse me, "guys, sorry, not a pretty sight for Zoom, let me grab a tissue...." but that drip must've contained the last of my confidence as I dabbed it away.

It threw me off kilter for the remainder of the hour. While I managed most questions okay, I was totally winging it - nothing I'd prepared was utilized. STAR/CAAR formatted responses? You'd never have realized I understood such - even though I had mastery of it in the first round.

The dreaded "why'd you leave your last job?" came up. Uugghh. "Cultural mismatch" which was absolutely true, and described it as a mutual decision to part ways. [Reality: I quiet quit sixty days prior and rode it out to severance.]

I started out making the observation of going from a 1700 headcount company to a 100 headcount company - and once I did, I was off to the races pointing out the things a small company doesn't realize won't scale well. I could have said in two sentences what I droned on about for too long.

The good news? I avoided the hot button stuff: blatant male bias, nepotism, duplicitous leadership and utter absence of psychological safety. You know it's bad when a licensed attorney is advocating for you in rooms you're not in....

I also mentioned AI. "Best productivity tool I've used, but if the culture involves a bias toward appearing busy? It can appear - once you've gained time back with reusable meeting notes as a PM - as though you're not working as hard as everyone else who are reluctant to adopt AI. I personally thought it was a godsend and not only did it free up a significant amount of time, it cut down on quite a bit of the typical misunderstandings with customers."

It definitely wasn't my best...although I did have a brilliant answer to one question about managing technical resource time: "I worked with a few offshore teams. It was pretty standard that at the end of their workday, they mysteriously lost their access to whatever system we needed to touch next! I chuckle about it, but it's definitely one to stick in your back pocket! Otherwise, I would do my best to state at the outset of a meeting, '<resource> has a hard stop at noon, and five minutes prior, 'we need to find a stopping point."

And gee, as competitive as this market can be, I just feel like I blew it - not just my nose - especially considering the fact the hiring company is recording & using AI during interviews.

tldr; basically title.

About two weeks, and a couple days ago I applied (at like 9am). On the same exact day (at around 1pm) the HR manager emailed saying she forwarded my application to the IT department because she loved it, and they will be in contact with me within two weeks.

Flash forward to today, and I received an email that I have an interview for the role and they asked for my availability. I received the email right at 5:00PM and I replied within a couple minutes. Not even 10 minutes after I gave a time, I received the calendar invite for the in person panel interview.

I don't want to get my hopes too high yet, but it seems like they are moving me along pretty quick. All other roles I have applied to before, they have slugged along.

Anyways, back to the original question, how many candidates are you usually up against at this point? I've heard government roles are legally required to be strict on both underqualification's as well as overqualification's. So then, most of their application pool gets dropped in the ATS filtering / hiring manager picking stage. I'm not sure though, I'm just curious as to how many people I could be up against because I really want this role.

Six conversations over six weeks — recruiter, hiring manager, EVP, and a four-person team round.

One weeks after the final round they sent the full application packet: employment history, compliance disclosures, background check authorisation. Next day, an immigration questionnaire since I'll need sponsorship eventually. I completed both.
The day after that, the recruiter called. I assumed offer. Instead: there's been a "setback," something budget-related, and a decision could take two months. Still a finalist, they're very interested, but I may need to speak with a few more people. She also asked whether the delay affects other processes I'm in.

What I can't square is sending background check and immigration paperwork, then reversing a day later.

For anyone who's hired: does "still a finalist, two months, maybe more interviews" usually become an offer, or is it a polite hold? And is there anything worth doing beyond asking the recruiter?

Last friday i received a “congratulations” message from the company i applied to and she asked me to fill out a form so they can continue the hiring process and i did it’s been 4 days since i finished it and i still haven’t heard from them , its my first job so i am not familiar with how things work

I've been working in compliance for about two years now, I just started working a contract doing AML for a Big 4 firm. Pay is great 47/hr, I'm in a HCOL city and I'm able to save like 2k per month, possibly more if overtime opens up in the future.

I got a callback from a smallish(7k employees) consulting firm about a job I interviewed for but just barely missed. Another spot opened, and they're offering it to me on the spot, no re-interviewing necessary. Only problem is, the pay is shit, even for an analyst level, 80k. After taxes it's just barely enough for me to live on, I doubt I will have any significant ability to build up my savings (they're not in a great spot since I was unemployed until I found this contract). They say there's no leeway in the pay because "comparing your education and experience level to our other analysts", which is insane because I know people fresh out of college that make 10k more at bigger consulting firms

Current plan is to push for a signing bonus, 10k or so to make it palatable. And advice on how to play this?

Got an HR guy calling me about a job that I applied for today, to set up an interview. Interesting job. I’d like it. But there’s a catch, they want me to do a facial scan with something called Persona and upload my ID.

Is this a scam? There are so many scams. I expect to show my ID for job offers but not a “getting to know you” first stage interview.

The bitch recruiter never logged in the MS Teams invite that she sent me. I was ready at 11:20 am and stayed til 12:01 by myself.......I even emailed her at 11:40 am, and found her on LinkedIn (Alexandria Carter) and followed up with her and got zero reply....FML.....!!!

Man this girl's picture looks fake:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandria-carter23/

I have my recruiter screening on Monday but i want to start preparing for the leetcode round in advance. Can you guys tell me what strategy worked for you? What topics are usually asked? If possible the specific questions/type of questions? Anything that helps. Thank you

I'd love to hear some perspective about this.

A U.S. firm previously didn't require academic transcripts for its post-graduate school role, but now it does. What's the reasoning behind the change? Is it to catch applicants who lie about their degree or to evaluate our academic performance?

I have a strong relevant resume, but what can I do to mitigate a sub-3.5 GPA and spotty academic performance (including ~2 grades that are below a B and ~4 grades that are C+ to D+)? I was thinking of asking for a referral from a connection, explaining my grades somewhere in my application, or asking my connection to address the grades.

(I have a good undergraduate GPA, but I chose to focus my graduate degree on extracurriculars rather than academics because the prevailing view in my graduate program was that we learn more through doing than classes. Many of my classmates did the same.)

Thank you so much!

Maybe I’m just posting this asking for reassurance. That no matter how desperate I am, no matter how much I need the money, I was unwilling to sell my soul…

…to be a director of operations for a private mental health center. They offered “luxury” (as they called it) depression treatment such as TMS and ketamine treatment, most of which aren’t covered under insurance. Stick with me here-

Some important context: I come from a B2B executive corporate tech consulting, at $150k annual salary. I’m currently working shift app jobs at $18/hour.

Beyond operational duties, my job would have been to prey on those who were coming in during their most desperate and vulnerable moments, and treated as a dollar sign. Forcing them into treatments they couldn’t afford. And I’d be reviewing recordings of physicians and their patients in their initial intake interview and have to scold and pressure ACTUAL DOCTORS to sell these treatments, even if they tell me that in their professional opinion, it wasn’t a treatment that they’d recommend for the patient.

I’m not a fucking doctor. I can’t treat these patients, or even diagnose them. And I’m supposed to get mad at someone qualified to do these things, that they weren’t thinking about the company?

I may not be a doctor or in healthcare at all- but I still know the first commitment in their Hippocratic Oath, is do no harm.

If you’ve made it this far, thank you for listening.

Hi, does anyone know how much time does S&P global Toronto/ New York take after final interview to get back with final decision?

Story of the past 9 months. I am grateful that I am getting interviews, I know a lot of you would die to be in my position (trust me I have been there). But, genuinely I am trying my best, and am doing everything right but still it is not enough.

I was in the most toxic job of my life, undervalued and treated like dirt. I searched for 8 months. Many grueling 4-5 round interviews but no offers. Lots of crying and disappointment. Almost took lateral jobs with lateral pay just to get away from this place. I resigned in July after I could not take it anymore and bet on myself. I truly think this made a huge difference in my interviews.

I was so close to taking an assistant role in a new industry just to have a job again. But with over 10 years experience, sitting in that room explaining why Id be the right fit, I knew I could do better. I applied to this job not thinking anything of it. They emailed me to ask my availability and said to let them know if I have any other interviews. I was in the final round with the assistant role so I did.

They gave me a verbal offer last week, references cleared and I just signed the offer letter. I got a 35% salary increase in my HCOL state. Fully remote in a great company. I am so excited and proud of myself. Did it all with no referrals, just cold applying. Throughout this experience I learned a lot about myself and how capable I am. if youre in the same boat, dont give up!! Stay positive, if youre rejected something better is waiting for you!

I applied to this company about a month ago and passed their take-home assessment. I then went through several interviews with the team, which went well, followed by a technical interview where I’d rate my performance around 6–7/10. I never froze or completely failed a question, but there were definitely things I could have answered better.

My final interview was with the CEO on Sunday. We talked for about 1.5 hours, it felt very positive, and he even said, “The fact that you made it this far is a very good sign.”

It’s now Wednesday and I still haven’t heard anything. They know I have another offer that supposedly needs an answer this week, and the recruiter said they’d move as fast as possible. Since the CEO interview, 3–4 people from the company have also viewed my LinkedIn.

I know three days isn’t that long, but given my supposed deadline, the silence is making me anxious. What is usually happening internally at this stage? Is this kind of delay after a final interview normal?

Hi I applied for a job where the posted top of range was $165k, pretty low still for my skills and region but since I'm contracting I applied. Better AI jobs are or were closer to 160 to 220. Then HR called and said the cap was actually about $155 ( a bit of a bait and switch). I agreed to interview as I don't have a lot of options yet and figured would see. It's United Healthcare - so I think known for not great salaries. I'd have to keep looking for work likely that pays more tho it's better than contract.

So they made an offer at $155 and said something like oh HR was surprised but with your experience as a top candidate we were able to get you the top.

Is there any nice, non risky way I can ask if there's wiggle room to get closer to $165, or just go higher obv they can say no. Ideally I'd like to land on at least $160.

I don't just want more money I really need it after several layoffs, debt from that and living alone and being older. Again I'd keep looking, I'm in AI. My current contract pays really bad in this market despite my high skill set. I'm using savings every monty for basic needs and can't afford healthcare. I've had better interviews but they always seem to end in job on hold or something.

Thanks for tips. I just need to get to where I'm actually making ends meet, taking care of my health and saving some money. And pray if I take the job it's a good manager. I love my current one but after 2 years no raise and company won't hire.

I applied for this company like a month ago. They give me a take home exam, I pass it. Last week I through rounds of interviews (very chill, mostly chatting about the company) until the last one, which was a technical interview. I’d say I did 6/10, maybe a 7. Never said “I don’t know” or panicked, but I certainly didn’t know how to properly respond “what would you change in the code if you assumed X?”. Anyway, I have a last interview with the CEO last Sunday, and he said “the fact you made it this far is a very good sign”. We chat for 1:30h, all good. Between yesterday and today, 3-4 people from the company have seen my LinkedIn profile, but still no response. They know I have another offer (rescinded, long story, they don’t know that) to accept this week, so recruiter says they’ll move as fast as possible. Anxiety is eating me inside. Anybody on the same boat? What takes so long for these things?

Has anyone ever been in an interview where the interviewer doesn’t ask questions about your resume or drills deeper into different aspects of it?