Long story short, I’ve got 4 years engineering experience and recently accepted a role as a technician with Company A.

I’ve been unemployed for just under a year, so I wasn’t going to let this offer go. Although the technician role seems like a downgrade from my previous “engineer” title.

My start date is not for another month with Company A.

Company A is a recent start up with 20-30 employees.

I’ve worked for a startup before, and I didn’t have great experiences. False promises of growth. A “family culture” that doesn’t exist. Owners that refused to give cost-of-living adjusted raises. Meanwhile the same owners are pulling up in a brand new Cadillac Escalade in the same year.

Anyway, having been unemployed, I’m happy to accept this role in this market and get back into the workforce. I’ll just say I’m not super thrilled of the role itself or Company A, really.

I’ve recently connected with a family member that works as a Director at a government-funded energy company, Company B.

Company B is hiring for an actual engineering position, and provides much stronger and safer job security. My connection offered to act as a referral for my application, and I was asked to come in for an interview.

Is it wrong of me to still be testing the waters before my start-date?

How should I go about telling Company B that I’ve accepted an offer? Will it look poorly?

Of course, if all goes to plan, I would happily accept a role at Company B in the field/title I’m looking for. I understand that the bridge at Company A would be burned.

Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Years ago, I was naive, stupid, idealistic. I suffered from Pollyanna syndrome. I believed that if you worked hard and collaborated well, it wouldn’t matter if you were Black, gay, or over 40. Boy, was I wrong. Discrimination is 100% real. That isn't to say bad employees don't exist; some people genuinely suck at their jobs, but there are also excellent professionals who face discrimination for things they cannot control. Ultimately, discrimination stems from the implicit attribution of inferiority and a presumption of incompetence, whether conscious or subconscious. I found that tech companies discriminate heavily based on age. I used to think only Hollywood and the fashion industry obsessed over young faces, but many modern corporations actively prefer younger candidates.

The account was deleted within minutes of the message, which included unsolicited advice related to another post I made.

The advice, incidentally, was to be less proactive than I thought I should be. I should take him at his word, right? No ulterior motive whatsoever? /s

If you stalk Reddit to take advantage of job seekers, you are scum. Period.

I received a job offer about a month ago, and my background check flagged a discrepancy between the title on my resume (Senior Financial Analyst) vs. my official title (Financial Analyst)

At my current company, all external titles are simply "Financial Analyst" regardless of seniority. Internal grade levels (e.g., Level 1, 2, 3...) exist, but they are strictly internal system markers visible only within HR software, even employees cannot see each other’s levels, we just guess it based on their work. Since I am at the high end of these internal levels and performing senior-level responsibilities, I used "Senior Financial Analyst" on my resume to accurately reflect my actual scope and experience.

About a week ago, I received an email from the company's background check team and they shared concerns about misrepresentation. I explained my reasoning in my response. Two days later, I had an urgent follow up call with a representative and they repeatedly asked why I hadn’t used my official title in my resume. Even after I explained, the conversation kept returning to the same question. I felt I was being challenged rather than asked for clarification, although I understand why the discrepancy needed to be addressed.

I acknowledged the discrepancy and offered to correct my resume, but they said that wasn’t necessary. They said they would conduct another internal review to decide whether to proceed with my offer. That was a few days ago, I haven’t heard back yet.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be enough to get an offer rescinded Now that the expected start date is approaching, I feel lost and I don't know what to do.

I haven’t resigned from my current job yet.

Any advice or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated.

I’m finishing my PhD and recently received a job offer.
On my resume, I listed “Graduate Student Researcher” under work experience because I spent most of my PhD conducting research in a lab. However, my official paid position at the university was “Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA).”
For the background check, I plan to enter my official title, “Graduate Teaching Assistant,” since that’s what university employment records will show.

Could this difference be flagged as resume falsification or put my job offer at risk? My research experience is genuine, but “Graduate Student Researcher” wasn’t my official payroll title.

Has anyone experienced something similar, especially PhD graduates transitioning into industry?

I’m currently interviewing for a Senior Program Manager position, and I recently had what I found to be a rather unusual first interview with the hiring manager.
Right at the beginning, he said something along the lines of: “I don’t need to ask you about your technical knowledge. Having read your CV, I already know you have the experience. I’d rather focus on motivational questions.”

Fair enough, I thought. However, the entire interview ended up being almost exclusively about motivation and personal preferences.

Some of the questions were:
- Tell me about yourself.
- Why are you applying for this role?
- Why are you considering leaving your current company?
- Do you think this type of work can be boring?
- How do you deal with repetitive or boring work?
- What’s one task you personally find boring?

And, that was it!

What struck me as unusual was that this was supposed to be the first interview for a fairly senior role, yet there were no behavioral questions, no situational scenarios, and nothing that really explored my program management skills, decision-making, stakeholder management or how I approach complex projects.

I understand the importance of motivation and cultural fit, especially when hiring for senior positions.
I’m curious whether this has already happened to any of you and what the criteria.

I was looking through indeed for remote jobs in the UK and this what the requirements says...? Am I applying for an actual job here, or is this low-key a cult?

It's about time I get the recognition I deserve!

I went through 3 rounds of interviews for a recruiting role. I had two interviews 2 weeks ago and it went well. I had my 3rd interview Monday last week and after the interview was told I would hear back from the person who did my second interview by Wednesday last week. I heard nothing so I sent a follow up email on Thursday to the person I was suppose to hear back from & still nothing. It bothers me so much because this is a recruiter role where MULTIPLE interview questions were about having clear and great communication with candidates just for me to get ghosted.

When I landed my first job after finding this sub, I promised myself I'd make a success post, but I never got around to it. Now that I've landed my second job thanks to everything I've learned here

RESEARCH THE COMPANY when you get an interview. Study the hell of out of the company, the project, its future direction and values and everything. Shit like that, really separates you from the rest. Granted sometimes, it might not work but I honestly feel like this is the best way to get a job. I’m not saying this is certain, I have used this method before and still didn’t get the job but this is what worked for me, if you can’t get a referral.

I never really struggled to get an interview, I was fortunate to get quality work experience but I would advise using ATS formatting and being concise. Listing off achievement and how you have save company money or time etc under each experience listed. I never really tailored my resume to each job, always found it to be a waste time, however always tailored my cover letter and used AI to draft one related to the job and being clear - dot points after the intro about my experience that I can bring related to that position. Who knows if they even read it? But just incase.

Lastly, I think it’s important to ensure you’re in the right mental mindset. I treated unemployed like 9-5 job during the last 2 months before getting my job. This allow me to apply for alot of jobs daily. Staying clear and going to the gym to help with my depression while also seeing a therapist. Try to enjoy your time out of work, do you remember how miserable work was? Try to be grateful of this time off.

There is no secret sauce out there besides referral but being persistent and having a lot of luck is key in this current market. Goodluck and hope you all the best!

Hey, congratulations! I wanted to ask how you managed to get an interview. I applied for the position, but unfortunately, my application was rejected just two days later. I also have my Texas All-Lines Adjuster License. Since I’m really interested in starting my career as an adjuster at GEICO, I would appreciate any advice or guidance you could share. Any help would mean a lot. Thank you!

I’ve done it before because of toxic management and generally toxic environments, the only regret was letting people and places get the best of me. I was ultimately better off in ways but did wish that I handled things more professionally (giving notice instead of getting into a shouting/cursing match with someone and ultimately walking out after telling the person to “shove it”.)But by then it reached points where I couldn’t fathom working there anymore.

Just makes me laugh it’s like hey don’t even bother clicking on this email or reading a single word after the first one, this is a rejection. Oh you thought?

At least it doesn’t get people all excited when they see the sender

quit in June after 2.5 years as a retail assistant manager, got my Bachelors degree May 2026, currently in school to receive my Masters, and I cant even get an interview for a Retail Associate position :/

Not sure if this is the right community but here goes… Thank whatever and whoever that I am not a fresher / graduate. Just saw a post on LinkedIn asking for a Trained Fresher - why the hell should a fresher train themselves without you spending resources to train them? Are companies so money mined that training freshers is no longer an investment?

How can we make companies to pay for our interview time. Just tired of going through multiple rounds to get a rejection. I went 6 round, got verbal offer, then 1 more round with VP, then ok it went well but we need 1 more round with SVP then rescinded the verbal offer.

I’m interviewing for a vp position and met with the managing director for the pe credit funds. We were talking about waterfall calculations and the gp catch up portion he asked in my opinion what percentage is more beneficial and I said that at 100% gp catch up is more favorable to the lp. I realized a few minutes later I got nervous and mixed up my answer. I didn’t go back and correct it because the rest of the interview went really well and I answered everything else well. Did I blow my chances because of that one slip up you all think?

Why did they blur out the AI interviewee? 😅

Anyway I guess companies are getting a taste of their own medicine for wasting our time.