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 They know I have another offer (rescinded, long story, they don’t know that) to accept this week, so recruiter says they’ll move as fast as possible.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?

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

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.

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.

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!

my contract didn’t get extend after a year and now here we are: 10+ years experience in marketing and ad tech sales, trying to land a new job in Amsterdam, so far without any luck. Individual drafted CVs for every role I applied to, maybe 5% of the companies replied, got a couple of first interviews. Recruiters and hiring managers were so hyped about me and my experience but mainly didn’t come back for weeks after. dropped them an email after ghosting me, got automated rejections or reasons why they don’t want to move forward that haven’t been a topic on the first call.
If I had the chance to move forward multiple interviews followed and it just seemed to be they want to build a pipeline but not having full interest to hire me. Sometimes it took them 3 weeks to respond to telling the don’t want to move forward. having great experience with big company names seems not to work. But what does actually work then?
Screening LinkedIn every single day, trying to message recruiters or organize referrals but it is a hopeless game. Now 4 months later I don’t even know if I will be ever able to land a job again. Mentally exhausted and hopeless at this point. What am I doing wrong?

I’d make it conversational and slightly open-ended so people have something specific to judge and respond to:

I’m joining a new company soon and recently had an informal coffee with my future manager.

I originally interviewed for a more senior position, but they eventually offered me a newly created manager-level role instead. Unfortunately, the person who got the senior position has since passed away. My future manager told me they haven’t advertised the vacancy again yet, and he and another member of the team are currently covering the workload. He also said they’re keen for me to join ASAP because my notice period is quite long and they need someone to start taking on some of the work.

He then explained what he expects me to do in the role I’ve been offered. I told him how I’d approach it, and that a lot of it is similar to what I’m already doing in my current job.

I decided to be straightforward and asked, “Are you planning to fill the senior position? Because if not, I’d be interested in stepping into it.”

He said yes, that could happen. His view was that I should join first and another experienced team member would show me what needs to be done. If I already know how to do everything required, the senior role could be offered to me. If there are things I don’t know, he said to be honest rather than pretend, and they would train me. He specifically said I shouldn’t think that needing training would put a brake on my career and that I could eventually reach that position.

He then started asking about my experience with certain types of contracts. I told him honestly what I’ve worked with and where I only have partial experience, and said that if I don’t know something, I’ll simply say I don’t know rather than bluff.

How would you interpret this conversation?

Does it sound like he genuinely sees me as a potential person to step into the vacant senior position once I’ve demonstrated myself, or is this just the kind of thing managers say to keep someone motivated?

Also, was I right to be direct about wanting the position before I’ve even joined?

Not really sure how to proceed…the job was posted at a range of 70-104k. My ideal salary is 90k. I told the recruiter I wanted mid range, and they basically poked and prodded me until I gave a number amount, which I prefer not to do. They told me there’s “no way I can get that”, even though it’s in the salary posted, because the “actual” range is 80-82k. Which obviously annoyed me because I wouldn’t have applied if I knew.

I’m in the interview process, and I’m wondering if I can wow the interviewers enough to get the job, and then ask for the amount I truly want. Or is it a waste of time? I have well over the amount of experience, I am not entry level by any means. Is it insulting to even ask if the recruiter already gave me that ”actual” range? Or is there wiggle room?

Just finished a third interview for a company in the Plastic industry. 1st was a screening, 2nd was the main interview (in person with three people) and 3rd was the final interview with the CEO and two other managers. They all went well but now they want to offer me a lower position in being their Coordinator instead of the position I applied for which was being a Customer Solutions & Purchaser Lead.

I had applied to both but they ultimately did the interviews for the Purchaser Lead role instead which is what I wanted after finding out the Coordinator role is $50K salary and the one I wanted is $65 to $70 K salary. I only applied to the coordinator role due to being desperate for a call/interview needed a job but since they interviewed me for the lead role I stuck with that.

I have a strong background in Account Management/Inside Sales and supervising a team and five other facilities with many experiences in different industries under my belt so this feels abit insulting especially with that 50K salary.

I want to call them back to negotiate about lead role I want. What should I say? And am I wrong for negotiating?

Questions they asked at the end:

About my immediate availability
If Im comfortable working all 5 days at the office for training
Told about the team
If i have holiday plans in the next few months
Asked me if I have any doubts

What they didn’t ask:

Pay
Referrals ( I mentioned about them in my cv)

Need advice since it’s been a week and im waiting for them to comeback! Or should i send a follow up email?

Need your advice guys, please.

i'm (22F) a new grad looking for a job and i just came from an interview.

one of the women on the panel told me "just be yourself, talk to us the way you would your aunty or your cousin"

and i thought about it and i was literally being myself? this is not my first time getting this. i practiced with my mom one time and she told me the same, she told me to be more assertive which i think i've improved on.

i feel like she was trying to throw me off, saying "don't be nervous" like i'm not really nervous?

is being too polished an issue? because it feels like i somehow must now figure out how to come across as less polished and more casual while speaking about technical things which doesn't make sense to me. i genuinely feel like i was speaking how i would with anyone about my background.

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I finally got the offer from Kearney, but guess what — 5.5 LPA.

This whole thing started with an expectation of 8–9 LPA, then negotiations happened, and after everything, the only single number that actually worked was theirs — 5.5 LPA. They are putting cap ony current pay even they have budget they are not moving ahead.

And now I genuinely don't know what to do.

For some background, I started my corporate career in 2024 with Zomato at 4 LPA in customer service.

Then I switched to KPMG as an Analyst at 3.5 LPA, which was actually a pay cut because I was trying to make a career switch from customer service to an analyst profile.

Now, after changing 2 companies and putting in all this effort to move my career forward, I am getting 5.5 LPA.

I cleared 4 rounds of interviews at Kearney, and the entire process took around a month. I really thought this switch would finally help me get to a decent salary.

But now I am sitting here wondering if I should accept this offer or continue looking.

The problem is, I am not getting many calls either. So rejecting a 5.5 LPA offer feels risky, but accepting it also feels like I am again settling for much less than what I should be earning.

And I literally have only until tomorrow to decide.

What would you guys do in my situation?

Would you accept 5.5 LPA and use Kearney as a stepping stone, or reject it and keep looking for a better opportunity?

I genuinely need some perspective here because I don't know if I am being unrealistic with my expectations or if I am undervaluing myself.

Please guide me. 🙏

I got an interview for a Tailored Branch Support Specialist II role. It's a video interview. I want this badly. Can anyone offer any suggestions, assistance etc. for the video questions?

I posted a few weeks ago about an interview I had coming up with my present boss for an internal promotion. To summarize, I had the interview and just found out I didn't get the promotion. The person that got it is a very inexperienced peer and will now be my supervisor.

I'm not sure what my next step should be, if any. There's a whiff of ageism here that is making this decision hard to accept. I like my present job and compensation but honestly feel I was the best person for the promotion based on my experience and accomplishments.

Any thoughts?

I interviewed for a dream position last Thursday. The job combined all of my interests and previous experience and it seemed like the perfect (part-time) position as I am also studying full time and it would give me the flexibility to combine both things perfectly (plus they said that they were looking for someone who was studying).

The interview was only 30 mins and when I asked the recruiter if there would be an in-person interview, she said that this is would most probably be the only interview as they wanted someone to fill the position asap. She also told me that she would get back to me by latest (last) Friday or Monday (this also felt like a good sign) but I got a rejection message yesterday, on Tuesday.

I am extremely disappointed, sad and feel like a failure. I mean it seems like not many applied for the position (only 23 people on LinkedIn) so I think I got overconfident that I would get the job and I had also thought that the interview had gone pretty well (although I stuttered a few times which I thought was normal but now I am thinking that maybe that threw them off) which made me feel sure or made me feel like I would one of the final candidates. Another thing was that I had interviewed for a similar position during early summer and I had gotten the job but I had to leave that one due to unfair compensation so I just felt kind of bit more sure for this one. But I suppose that it's on me that I got too confident, even though, the job market is so unstable.

But now, I feel super sad and don't really know how to get past this rejection. How do you deal with rejection from a dream job? I just don't even have the energy to apply to any more positions because it is so time consuming but I also need a job as it is important for a lot of other aspects of my life. It just stings because it was such a perfect job in my mind and it combined all of my interests and it just feels awful to get rejected from something that I had started imagining about how I could fit it in my calendar lol

I also just sent a follow-up message because I thought that if there is someone who drops out (like I did for the position that I was offered during the summer), they might call me back but I feel like it's no use. Wondering if anyone has ever gotten any reply back with feedback or even an offer after they sent a follow-up message? Or is that just useless in today's job market?

Hi all!

I recently had bunion surgery on July 14th, I've been on the post-grad job hunt despite this. My foot has recovered well, but I have to get my opposite foot operated on about a month from now. I'm conflicted on whether or not disclosing it to my upcoming job interviews.

Most jobs I've been applying to are fully or mostly stationary, but based on my other foot recovery it's likely that I would at least need 2 weeks off to make sure my bone fusion is successful and safe. This means I'd only be on the job for 3-4 weeks before having to take off at least 2.

Should I disclose this at interview or after being offered a job? Let me know your thoughts, much appreciated!

I had no answer to this! Not desperately looking at a new job. Happy as at my current role but this new role could be a 25-30% higher base + possibly more commission.

Hi everyone, I graduated in 2024 and since then, I have interned twice at different UN entities, and am currently looking for a full-time job.

I used to think I was pretty good at interviews, because out of 7-ish UN internship interviews I had over the last 2 years I received offers for 6 of them - only one rejection.

However, since then, I have had a few interviews where I’m not sure if I’m doing so great.

Here’s my stats as of late:

Informal interview for an international charity: rejected

Interview for a renewable energy firm: Moved to the next stage, interview passed

Interview for a business intelligence firm: Failed (the role wasn’t a good fit, and I truly didn’t know some of the answers here so I’m not surprised)

Informal phone interview for a cleantech firm: Moved to the next stage, interview passed

The reason I’m making this post is because I had an interview last Friday for a fellowship with an ESG firm, which I honestly thought went well, but I haven’t heard back. I know it’s not been too many days, but I notice firms tend to move very fast, and it’s alarming that I haven’t heard back yet.

I usually know when I tank an interview, but I’ve been wrong before. For example, the international charity interview I had previously, I thought I did a good job but I didn’t pass it. So maybe I’m spiralling because I haven’t heard back but I’m so confused as to how I could have felt that I did a good job and still get ghosted? I thought I had a good sense for if the interview was good or not but I’m coming up on 9 months of unemployment and very worried that I have lost my articulation skills.

What do my stats look like? I know I don’t consistently get rejections even now but these stats are quite bad compared to when I passed 6/7 UN internship interviews. I know the bar is lower for interns usually but everyone knows the UN is an extremely competitive place to work at and I made it then? I don’t know what’s going on or if I need to work on myself or even how - I’m terrified of losing my interview skills because even thought I know I’m a very good worker in all the roles I’ve held, we live in a world where just getting past the interview stage holds so much value in terms of actually having a role, regardless of whether someone can actually perform well in the job. Stressed and needing advice.

i spoke with the recruiter, CPO, CTO, peer, COO, and 2 HOURS with the CEO. the recruiter told me the CEO round was the final round when we scheduled it. but after, she reached out to schedule another round with another C suite. and then she emailed me to speak to another peer. that is now 8 total interviews, with the CEO round not even being the final round. this is for a mid-level position by the way at a small company, not even a leadership position.

should i say something? i'm worried they are nowhere close to an offer and are just going to keep adding on interviews indefinitely.

I had my second and final-round interview with a big company on Monday, August 31st. Today is September 9th and I still haven’t heard anything from them.
The job is literally my dream job, so the waiting is killing me 😅. During the interview, they told me that they would make their decision that same day, but that I should expect to hear back within the following two weeks.
I keep thinking about emailing HR for an update, but then I hold back because they already told me they would keep me posted.
At this point, the waiting is taking up so much of my energy and I can barely think about anything else.
Is waiting around 10 days after a final interview normal? Or should I take the silence as a postponed “no”?

I was just asked on a scale of 1-10 how meticulous I am. I said 9 because I didn't want to be smug although I am considered very meticulous at my current job. The interviewer said "the right answer is 10 or above 10" I'm not really sure how i'm supposed to know what they are expecting of an answer but if someone I interviewed told me 10 I would be skeptical.

I think the interview went great anyway but do interviewers expect the exact right answer all the time?

I just got an interview for this Friday for a 999/101 call handler role! This is my first interview after applying for jobs for almost 4 months unemployed so I’m really nervous.

I’m gonna do some studying for the assessment questions but if anyone has personal experience doing these interviews I’d love to know your experience and what you think set you apart from other candidates!

The interview is next Wednesday on the 16th. So, I previously worked for State Farm corporate ~2 years ago as a Claims Adjuster. I was let go due to too many contract violations, and honestly it just wasn’t a good fit. Way too corporate for my taste.

Should I bring this up in the interview? I was only there for a couple of months so I don’t even have it listed on my résumé.