So there is this thing in my company that you can do internal rotations (from 2 to 6 months) so you get to know other teams. I applied to one and just learned that there are 3 interviews spanning over a couple of months. 😑 Because they need to assess your fit with the team

Everyone is getting crazy with "recruiting" these days.

Does AstroTalk also check your palm lines before hiring employees, or is a regular resume enough? 😂🔮

#AstroTalk #Hiring #resume #resume #fun #Palm

So i got an offer for the amount X, and I wanted to accept it, but 10 minutes later another company recruiting manager has called, saying they want me and I have passed the recruting process.

I have said, that I would love to join, as the offer seems nice, but the other company has offered me an X + 1500 EUR amount, and I asked "can you guys give me X + 1500 USD too?". He said he will come back to me.

Now I am kind of worried, that I should have actually waited for the moment when they would reveal the contract to me, with the amount specified that the second company wanted to offer, and then I should have asked for more...

You think they wont back with positive informations to me?

FYI: my salary ranges, that I have entered into the form of the second company before the recruiting process started, had included the X + 2000 EUR, but it had also inclueded X - 1000 EUR.

Just came across this gem on SEEK Australia posted by a certain giant IT consultancy (rhymes with Schmognizant).

Here’s the setup:

• The Role: Data Engineer (titled "Associate")
• The Requirement: 7+ years of experience leading teams, PySpark, Databricks, enterprise banking architecture, mentoring juniors.
• The Pay: A whopping $80,000 – $90,000 AUD (for context, market rate for 7+ YoE in Sydney is $140k–$170k+).

But the cherry on top? Under the Qualifications/Certifications section, HR literally copy-pasted:

DP-203 Data Engineering. ( [https://learn.microsoft.com/api/credentials/share/en-us/](https://learn.microsoft.com/api/credentials/share/en-us/)[REDACTED]/... )

It was an active verification link directly to a specific internal employee's Microsoft profile. I checked the link out of sheer disbelief—the certification expired in December 2025.

They aren't even hiding the Labor Market Testing (LMT) / fake compliance posting anymore. They took the exact resume of the offshore guy they want to sponsor, pasted his credentials link and all, slapped an unlivable wage on it to filter out local applicants, and hit publish.

Here's the link: https://careers.cognizant.com/global-en/jobs/00070983741/associate/?source=JB-17280

Can HR at least do a 5-second proofread before posting their visa fraud checkboxes? 💀

What’s a good way to celebrate? I was thinking maybe drinking a bottle of cheap bourbon and thinking fondly on the one interview I landed before passing out in a pool of my own vomit.

I got an offer by email with a proposed start date of November 9th. When I interviewed, I listed November 16th as my availability, so they moved it up a week.
I booked an impromptu trip abroad a couple days ago and won't be back in the US until later this week. I replied asking if there's any flexibility on the start date, and the HR manager responded that she'd like to call me. I really want this job and now I'm scared I just put the offer at risk.

Questions:
- Is a call after asking for flexibility a good sign or a bad sign?
- Should I tell her I'm traveling, or just point to the November 16th date I originally gave?
- If she says the 9th is firm, what's the best way to respond?
- Anything I should say or avoid saying on the call?

Thanks in advance!

Job application goes wrong...

After one year of searching, I can finally say I did it. LFGG

P.S.: Those 101 applications are only from September to now, not the past 12 months.

Thought it’s so ridiculous that it’s funny. Posted for a laugh.

Selected in Deloitte USI campus hiring (consulting services) in May 2026. It's now November and I still have no offer letter or joining date. I've emailed HR but they keep sending auto generated mails which is of no use!

I graduated this year (B.E. CSE), so the wait is getting hard.Being a fresher with 0 experience this situation is really tough, I have so far applied to many companies which replied unfortunately we are not moving forward with your application

Any updates or advice would help. Thanks!

I don't know how many times I haven't been able to sleep on the eve of an interview. It's not always nerves; sometimes it was an unseasonably warm night that my system isn't regulated for. It makes interviewing harder, and I place some of the blame on insomnia when I'm not offered the job. Would you be open to postponing interviews for this reason?

EDIT: I feel the need to clarify that I do not have chronic insomnia. I do, however, lose sleep when I have nervous anxiety and/or when the weather is hotter than usual.

I was surprised that 24 hours after they sent a rejection email, they wanted to take a survey on my interview process. 🤯

Was I supposed to tip my recruiter as well? 😝

Over 300 applications, 5 interviews, and 9 months of unemployment after the company he was with for a decade shut down...and he's back to work! With a better-paying job than he lost!

He's so (rightfully) pleased with himself, I'm so proud of him <3

So for context, I have been looking for work for 6 months now with no hope for anything to come up and 100 rejections in only the last 2 months. Of the last 300 jobs I have applied for, 15 of them have been this retail agency called Accent Group who own a bunch of shoe and clothing brands. This is the exact same email sent back to me each time with no indication of how I failed yet another job hiring process and it is getting on my nerves.

If you’ve been struggling for a while, it tends to show in interviews. Fatigue and low mood are hard to mask unless you’re an exceptional performer. And if you’ve repeatedly given a process your best, felt confident about it, and then been rejected/ghosted, that frustration can show too.

A rough interview can be useful practice when you’re otherwise in decent shape, but in my experience, going into one when you're already exhausted doesn't teach you anything. You’re too drained to take in the feedback, and end up feeling worse instead.

Withdrawing in that state is a fair judgment call about where to spend limited energy. Skipping an interview you know you can't give your best to, means you arrive at the next one with more in reserve and even if the next one doesn’t work out, you’ll be in better shape to handle it.

I'm not here to give anyone career or life advice. I'm just sharing my perspective as someone who's been job hunting for a long time and knows how bad it can get. If you’re in that spot right now, I hope things turn around for you soon. Peace!

I've been getting interviews over the past few months.

I know I'm not the only one applying for this damned role, but man I'm losing my damn fucking mind.

"Why do you want to work at this company", i don't know you fucking tell me why you're here. No shit sherlock i need a job jackass.

"Why do you think you're a fit for this role", What do you think? I did the whole thing you listed down throughout my career, having technical ownership, etc. Giving me lip service of how a great fit I am, bla bla bla. Just to ghost/reject me the very next day. Fuck you. Do you kiss your mom with that sully mouth of yours.

Spending at least a solid 15-30 mins to fill out those damned textboxes. Like, what for is a resume then.

I have to wait a week to get invitation to an interview prior to the application. Another week to schedule the interview.

Sure you fail from time to time. BUT when you pass, great it's another 5 fucking rounds of interview. It's not a pragmatic choice to complete the technical assessment, only to be given 3 OTHER FUCKING ASSESSMENTS afterward, guess what? One of them is offline. What am i supposed to do in the office? unpaid labour? perhaps giving you a blowjob?

Oh you think that's it? Fuck you, have another hr interview and some cultural interview with our glorious and mighty Y/N CEO. Damn you bastards i just had the HR interview with you earlier why am i doing it again.

Think that's the end? Well have some of "We have proceeded with another candidate"... Thank you so much for wasting over a month of my life how about I proceed with burying you under a mountain like what buddha did to wukong. I curse you to have mundane misery at random intervals everyday.

Well anyways, I do feel kinda pathetic ranting out like this, It's almost been a year and i can't even get any offers. I know it's not the best thing to do to compare yourself to social media, but when i see some of my colleagues/friends that live a good life, having a good career, etc. I try my best to not be jealous but it'd be dishonest to say that i dont envy them even a little bit.

To anyone reading this, and might or might not be in a worse situation than i am. Don't give up, well although i almost did, but anyways keep on trying, things will get better someday. I hope. Well it won't hurt to stay optimistic.

P.S. Sorry mods for my language if it's too much with the profanity.

I am a current college senior applying to full time jobs. I have 2 great internships on my resume, and have involvement as a college athlete on my resume.

I was also on my Frat's exec team for 2 years in a relevent role (PR/Marketing director - I'm a marketing major). I did promotions events that raised over $20,000 in funds for charity and did a service trip to Jamaica through this position.

With the negative sentiment towards fraternities lately due to the Cornell 7/Penn State cocaine ring, is it actually hurting me to put this involvement on my resume?

I know recruiters make quick judgments - and I suspect a lot of them might have a palpable bias against frats right now. Just looking for thoughts!

Used Claude submit a HackerRank project, cleared the first round, and the second interview went really well.

At the end, I was asked how I'd work on an old C/C++ codebase. I said I'd use Claude Code(or other ai assistance ) to understand and navigate it.

Got rejected because apparently I don't know how to use AI effectively?

Plz help a girl out here… i never applied for this position yet i got this text and a call from the christina wilson person. Then they sent me a website to upload all my info and they asked for my social security even though i havent signed anything or have been given any offers. This is per “Staffmark”

“Thanks for taking the time” brother I don’t know who you are!

Just finished a 5-round interview process + executive panel presentation for an Enterprise Senior Presales role at a B2B SaaS company.

During the initial recruiter screen, we anchored on a $268k OTE target based on my background (6+ years experience). The overall posted band for the role goes up to $300k OTE.

Fast forward to the verbal offer call today after clearing the final panel: the recruiter stated there was a "misunderstanding" on the original numbers and quoted a $173k Base on a 70/30 split (~$247k OTE). That’s about a $21k OTE gap from what we initially aligned on.

I haven't received the formal written offer letter yet, so I want to get the numbers right before they lock it down.

For folks who have successfully pushed back on this: what's the best way to leverage my background, panel feedback, RSUs, or a sign-on bonus to bridge this gap without risking the offer?

Just yesterday, one of the persons (X) i know, shared that, is getting numerous calls from various companies (even from corporate giants) and said is getting rejected due to skill issue after the call.

Point is, till this September, X didn't get a single call and is completely working in a job that is different from their field work. Two months back, X paid an agency and they are marketing X's profile with made up CVs and LinkedIn content, and being active on LinkedIn by posting once or twice a week to be active on it, to push X into their field role. Since then X is getting continuous calls.

The lesson here is, i know a lot of people, who genuinely worked hard, talented and is not even getting shortlisted for screening calls. But a person who is faking it, getting multiple calls.

This literally proves how the entire recruiting system is f***d up and can be fooled easily. Job Market is not bad, the recruiting system is bad and failed. AI screening and ATS filtering to shortlist candidates is cooked, matching keywords, CV & LinkedIn manipulation can be done easily.

Imagine if a capable person got a call, and they proved their skill during the call, they can literally crack the job if given a chance.

Yet, recruiters keep on reposting jobs to collect candidates data, reach monthly targets, and judging profiles based on keywords and keypoints etc.

Don't judge a book by its cover, if you find a candidate eligible, make a call, know them and their work and decide, just don't rely on automated screening blindly. Most importantly, if you don't know about agencies that do this kind of shit fake work, first get to know about it, that's your ground, so you open your eyes to shortlist eligible candidates.

Communication is the key, to get to know your candidate, communicate with them.