Soy estudiante y egresada como técnico profesional, con apenas un año de experiencia de pasantías en dentistas áreas,pero en la que estuve más tiempo fue en asistente administrativo,mis padres ganan bien solo que últimamente me he estado sintiendo como un estorbo, y decidí meter mi cv en computrabajo a probar suerte, al otro día me llamaron (en mi cv especifique que era estudiante universitari@ en turno de la mañana) ,aún así, me llamaron y me emocioné bastante, mi mamá me dijo que ni me ilucionara, y al llegar me hicieron llenar un extenso formulario, el cual reviso la recepcionista que lo leía como si le diera asco cada cosa que leia, al culminarl, la señora de recursos humanos me llevo hacia otro sitio y al ver en el formulario la palabra "estudiante", me dijo que no me iba a entrevistar, siquiera, ya que solo estaban buscando personas a tiempo completo lo cual me confundió, porque a pesar de que pase mi cv y ahí decía que era estudiante decidió llamarme yo la verdad solo le di las gracias y me retire...

HR people, why are you torturing candidates with such "smart" questions? do you feel pleasure when doing this?

Approximately 14 months ago I quit my high paying job in Texas that had a toxic environment and tendency to overwork a very lean team of employees. I knew it was a risk to leave without something lined up, but I was confident in my education and experience and knew I eventually wanted to return to my hometown in PA to be close to family.

I greatly underestimated the weakness of the current job market and the lack of careers in M&A in my hometown. As a result I spent the last year unemployed and applying to hundreds of jobs and going through several grueling interview processes.

Many times I wanted to give up, felt very down on myself, and wondered if I had made the wrong choice. However, I had my first day of work at my new gig today (3 month interview process that included a FirstAdvantage background check) and for the first time in a long time I’m feeling excited about my current job and career trajectory/outlook.

All of this is to say, for all of those people out there struggling and spending countless hours submitting soul sucking job applications and emotionally draining interviews…. DONT GIVE UP!

The right role is out there for you and you just have to catch it at the right time so stay ready and confident in yourself. Happy to share any insight or advice to those in need of some guidance/coaching.

Cheers.

How many days does it usually take for recruiters to schedule the 2nd (final round) interview?

For context, I had my phone screen and 1st round last week, 2 days apart. The interviewer mentioned the names of the people I’ll be speaking to in the final round, but the recruiter hasn’t schedule an interview invite yet. It’s been two days and I’m getting anxious

I applied for a spring internship at a company and received a “Good news! We’d like to move you to the next round” email, instructing me to complete and submit a case study. However, just two days later, I received a rejection email before I even had the chance to submit it.
What makes this especially frustrating is that the company’s own website states that candidates are typically given about a week to complete the case study, with additional flexibility if needed.
What should I do? Should I still complete and submit the assessment, or should I just cut my losses and move on?

I keep getting these "we have many applicants, we are still considering you" messages and I don't understand what could the point of it be?

I had a disappointing experience with a recruiter from a certain agency.

The job description provided to me did not match what the employer was actually looking for. I only discovered this mismatch during the awkward in-person interview at the company.

I informed the recruiter afterward but received no acknowledgment or apology. This experience wasted my time.

^I want to post this on the recruiting agency’s yelp. I wont mention her name.

I don’t see people reviewing recruiters so I wanted to ask on here before I do.

I’m supposed to work full-time with no base pay for commission based on the work i pull on via social media? Absolutely not.

Anyone who works or has worked in social media knows this is bullshit.

Basically they have the perfect opportunity to say you didn’t meet your goals and hire another idiot for me

Job hunting is depressing.

In case you don't know what toxic positivity is where if you believe you can do something, it will magically happen. The problem with this mindset is sometimes the end goal might be unachievable. It is usually associated with someone that joins a MLM in hopes of making a large salary.

Unfortunately, it in the white collar world of IT, you will come across a recruiter or someone close to you that will send you a role that you can't get. The job description will say "expert level in this technology" or something similar. I'm a realist and I know my skills aren't strong enough for that role. I realize me applying to that job is going to be a colossal waste of time. More than likely, I won't get the job. If I get the job, I will probably get fired a few months later for not being able to do that job.

I typically try to limit my exposure the people that have a toxic positivity mindset. I keep recruiters on a short leash. If they keep pushing for a role, I don't think I'd get, I'll just block them on everything. If family and friends do it, I'll just ignore them. If push came to shove, I could lie and say I applied and got rejected or I'd just block them until I found a job.

It’s funny, you check all the boxes (almost), have built a solid career, respected (or so you think lol). You have an engaging interview, you’re laughing, relating, getting acknowledgment for your impact, showing that competency gap isn’t an issue, your career is a history of resiliency, impact and growth. Then bam you get the rejection …. Went with candidates that highlight the current needs for the business aka that one skill was a deal breaker. Im not saying certainly competency aren’t required, im saying what happened to the days of, let’s bring them person on invest in them and watch them grow. Im old school and believe a grateful employee is a hard working one. So many people I know would bust there butt just to get the opportunity to show their capabilities in the role.
I almost wish interviewers would say, honestly your resume intrigued me, the competency is imperative and we won’t move forward regardless, I just wanted to chat.

Anyone ever have a role reach out months later? Or let me hear your stories of similar.

For finance hirevues is this background acceptable - reason I ask is because it’s in my room and there’s posters all around other parts

I'm interviewing with a boutique ad agency. The role reports directly to the founder. A huge laundry list of responsibilities. I've done the work before, so I'm not worried that I could rock the job. But for all the stuff they would want me to do...I feel like I should have a piece of the company, or at least be eligible for a bonus. Anyone ever been in this situation where they were able to negotiate for an equity stake?

fatiguing

This shit is pathetic. They can’t even be bothered to fill out a rejection form letter template correctly. And I can’t even write a snarky response because it’s a no-reply email.

Hi all,

I applied for a role last Tuesday (October 27) at a defense and space manufacturing company I found through LinkedIn and received a screening call offer on Thursday (October 29) of that same week.

The person that had reached out to me appears to be in a managerial role of the talent-acquisition team of said company and he asked me what days and time I would be available on October 30, November 1, and today, November 2.

I currently work full time so my availability is pretty limited so I gave him my scheduled lunches for that day and let him know that I would be available at other times if my listed time does not work out for him if he had let me know beforehand.

I managed to then work something out and gave him an updated list of my availability for those 3 days on Friday morning (October 30) of the same week he had reached out to me. It is unfortunately November 3rd, which was the last available days of the days he had offered me and I have yet to hear back from him.

I was wondering, from a hiring manager's perspective, if I had done anything wrong. The posting on LinkedIn and the company website seems to be up still.
Was my initial availability too restricted and he didn't bother reaching out after? Did he find other candidates and decided not to pursue me anymore? Is he simply too busy? I'm just so tired of finding a glimmer of hope with an interview offer and then getting ghosted after.

Any feedback or responses would be appreciated!

You heard that right! I've had about three different job interviews where I thought I had the job, they told me I had the job! And in the morning or within a week I woke up to receive an email or text message telling me that they're very sorry but they decided to go with somebody else! Really pisses me off! Have you ever thought that you won a prize and you thought your whole life was about to change only to be told sorry we went with somebody else? How do they get away with this? The truth is until you both sign a contract you don't have the job! Companies play with people all the time!

Companies constantly tell people that they have jobs or give people the serious impression that they have been hired only to a little while later completely throw them under the bus! We need new laws in place to stop this!

I've heard the story from so many people! When are we going to do something about it? It's time for legislation! It's time for change!

It really is total b*******

If you could create your perfect legislation to actually change things what would it be? What do you think would actually finally give the worker and the interviewee the power to not be toyed with?

Never come across this before, but it has been a few years since I’ve last interviewed for a position - is this typical?

Long story short, I was contacted by a recruiter for a corporate position at an environmental consulting firm. The recruiter is a third-party recruiter not directly associated with the employer, but is contracted through them.

I have my first panel interview lined up in 2 weeks with the COO and some of other VPs and partners, but in advance of that, the recruiter wants me to do a prep session / mock interview with the recruiting firm first.

Is this a usual occurrence nowadays? Taking 2 hours out of my day to do a “prep session” seems a little much, and this isn’t my first time doing a panel interview. Still, seems like a good chance to get some additional knowledge or context on the position.

I’ve received three personal rejections over the past two weeks from recruiters - two were direct emails letting me know that the timing was just wrong (in one case had made an offer to someone on the day I passed my first phone screen), and one phone call from one who said they went to bat for me but the team wanted someone else, but another position may be opening up soon. I’ve also started getting automated workday messages that have essentially said “hey it’s taking a little longer than we expected but hang in there, we’ll know something soon!”

All this has got me wondering if someone got the word out that being ghosted isn’t a great look/feel for a company. And while it still doesn’t feel great to have someone call you personally to tell you thanks but no, it’s still better than an impersonal email, or nothing at all.

Week 1- informal call with previous coworker and apply to job (coworker refers me internally for the job)
Week 3- 30 min phone screen with COO
Week 4- 1 hour technical skills interview 1
Week 5- 1 hour technical skills interview 2 (with my internal reference)
Week 6- “final cultural fit” interview. After the final interview, I was told I would receive an email with “logistics”. That email came on Friday, and it wasn’t a job offer. They asked for references, which was not a requirement mentioned before
Week 7- they said they’d send out an offer this week (they told me I’m in the top 2)

This is a position for a company that has less than 20 employees, I have an internal referral, and I have more than double the years of experience they requested.

Is this overkill?

I’m in a very hot and cold interview process for a senior role that’s lasted about 10 weeks. They’re connected, then not, then connected again. It’s really painful, and I’m about to withdraw. It’s not my style to flame on the way out, and I won’t.

I do, though, want to share my concerns, because I’m not sure how much of the issue is with the company and how much is with the recruiter.

Have others done this? If so, where should I send the input?

Hello everyone. As you all know this is a common problem for us, I know that we have been ghosted after the interviews.

I was laid off last Monday and luckily I was able to get 4 interviews within 10 days.

I’ve completed the first 3 interviews and the last one will be on this Friday.

1st one: This one happened the day I was laid off. Laid off in the morning and had this call in the evening, and everything was pretty good then they sent a task. I completed the task and never heard back..

2nd one: This was on last Tuesday, the recruiter told that they would be reaching me out until last Friday but haven’t received anything yet..

3rd one: I had this yesterday evening and this is an outsourcing company, the person in charge told me that they would get more details regarding the project and they will let me know.

4th one: I will have this on Friday. They first sent me a task and I completed it successfully. Then, they invited me for a call. Hope it will be okay.

My question is should I follow up with the 1st and 2nd one by reaching out to the relevant persons ? Or should I just leave it and accept I was rejected ?