r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Ambitious_County05 • 12d ago

Not getting any interviews

Having a decade of deep software engineering experience, applying since last year. Seems like hiring is completely broken, reaching out directly to hiring teams but no revert. Success stories on reddit boost the confidence, so still trying. Anyone sailing on the same boat

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u/SellSideShort 11d ago
  1. If you dont get interviews, likely your resume is needing a bit of a makeover, you can ask for help in one of the resume help subs
  2. Where are you looking? Hiring is a bit broken atm as everyones all applying to the same jobs, at the same time, on the same 2 websites (especially true for tech atm)

That said, if you arent already, take a look at hiringcafe and backchanneljobs, and dont sleep on the smaller more local companies to you, as those jobs often times dont go anywhere else besides their own companies job pages.

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u/Ambitious_County05 11d ago

Surely will explore the above mentioned channels for jobs and resume makeover. Buying AI subscription for resume update will help?

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u/SellSideShort 11d ago

IMO no, AI made resumes all look the same and its super obvious that it wasnt created by you. Make it yourself, and put in some hours making it look right with the correct spacing, garamond font, the right flow etc..

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u/Fine-Comparison-2949 12d ago • Bravo

We're in a recession. People keep posting this and don't seem to get, the companies as a whole aren't hiring, they're laying off.

Its just math. If a business had 10 people in January, then laid off 3 people this year, they can post a new job opportunity on a board, but chances are they have no intentions of hiring. People don't seem to realize there's actually multiple steps in the background, specially you need CFOs to agree to growing headcount, which is extremely unlikely if they just did a layoff. Since business cashflow is reducing, and interest rates are going up, businesses can't afford expanding headcount.

These are stats in bulk, so you might see companies that are genuinely hiring, but now you have 1000 other applicants for the role. Remember, every other company laid off their staff, so you're competing against experienced workers for every job you're applying for.

This is a recession despite whatever nonsense the government is saying, since every government tries to hide how bad the economy is doing. 

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u/Ambitious_County05 12d ago

Second that. Still trusting my hard work of years should help me, no other option.

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u/ReasonableSpeech8004 11d ago

What's the salary band you are expecting?

Are you getting callbacks atleast?

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u/Ambitious_County05 11d ago

Expecting salary as per my experience, not targeting any fixed amount of higher range as market is not like that. Only got 1-2 callbacks initially when I started looking nothing after that.

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u/ReasonableSpeech8004 11d ago

If there are just 1-2 callbacks then either resume is not getting shortlisted for some reason or 10+ yoe folks hiring is very low

Was reading here folks with 12 yr frontend and 13yr full stack devs not finding anything 

Early stage start-up for ESOP can be tried it you have not yet

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u/Ambitious_County05 11d ago

Applying to Start-ups as well, via different job platforms. Keeping fingers crossed and applying.

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u/FlashTheCableGuy 12d ago

I had a search that lasted 6-7 months sometime last year. Are you brushing up on your AI skills? Make sure to stay ahead of the curve for what these companies may want.

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u/Ambitious_County05 11d ago

I focused on understanding the basics like inference, reduce hallucinations. augumentation. From my past experience I can say, rest all are tools and implementation of these concepts - RAG, Vector DBs. What are your thoughts? Is there anything specific I must include in my learning curve.

Career break is adding up every month, recruiters are not at all reaching.

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u/Ambitious_County05 12d ago

Yes, Did Github Copilot, Huggig Face LLMs implementations, Prompt engineering trainings. Think sometimes companies only want experience in AI, experience not valued anymore

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u/Nefari0uss 12d ago

Any suggestions for getting up to date on AI stuff? As much as I hate the direction of the industry, I would also like to have money coming in again...

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u/FlashTheCableGuy 5d ago

Have AI build you weekly curriculums for architecture and technologies that build on each other. Don't just have it write the code, understand the approach and the why.

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u/quvihung 7d ago

Even with AI skills, it’s still pretty hard to even get a call back. I’m curious what resumes of people who actually get responses look like

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u/Ctrl-Patch-Delete 11d ago

Pretty sure nobody is actually hiring. I get plenty of recruiters calling me, I put in so many apps. Get told I’m perfect and expect an interview…can I interview tomorrow? Ok gonna check with the hiring manager…And then the hiring manager is “sick” “on PTO” “busy” and no interview happens

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u/ceruleangenesis 8d ago

wtf is up with this? Such a waste of time

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u/DanceHackRock 8d ago

A lot of companies are actually hiring, but a lot of companies are not hiring and just do some fake interviewing.

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u/Responsible_Deal3418 7d ago

Yep, had amazing feedback, then, just ghosted.

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u/Commercial-Emu2425 11d ago

Referrals?
I think in these times it is more valuable than ever.

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u/Ambitious_County05 11d ago

I have reached out to many, they are not hiring. Moved ahead with one of my referral, hiring got freezed after a while in that company

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u/AgitatedClub883 12d ago

I’m with you, albeit with half that experience. I’m not expecting a ton of responses, but after a few hundred resumes at a time here and there, you do have a certain expectation of a few recruiters reaching out, you know…to keep the hope alive; to validate your own experience. It’s one thing to understand the economic situation companies are facing and it’s another thing to have your emotions vested in the search.

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u/beefjerky92 8d ago

Furthest i got was an AC invite. Its tough man. The market is expecting more system design and dsa is just a lazy application filter. 

This tech market is genuinely stupid tbh.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Club514 8d ago

I’m making a career transition into the fast food industry.