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Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by 8b16380d »

jakabia wrote: post #7
8b16380d wrote: post #5

It's below average. I am not really hard-pressed to make a job change, but I have been interviewing a bit over the past few months. If you are really in need of a job I would study up on system design, behavioral interview patterns and a bit of leetcode-style programming problems. From my experience, employers are being very very picky. I have been through full rounds at a couple of places with positive feedback, but…

Can I ask where are you based? Generally speaking I haven't really encountered with leetcode or design pattern type of questions, but I was mostly interviewed by Tier 1 and 2 [1] companies, and for junior-mid positions, and I live in Denmark. [1]: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...

I am in the Eastern USA. Looking at remote positions mostly (USA). I have yet to have an interview loop that did not involve both system design and some "leetcode"-style code questions.

None have been as complex or bad as some make them out to be, but all have the potential to trip you up depending on the day.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by 8b16380d »

distortionfield wrote: post #9
8b16380d wrote: post #5

It's below average. I am not really hard-pressed to make a job change, but I have been interviewing a bit over the past few months. If you are really in need of a job I would study up on system design, behavioral interview patterns and a bit of leetcode-style programming problems. From my experience, employers are being very very picky. I have been through full rounds at a couple of places with positive feedback, but…

I've been interviewing a lot lately (naturally) and I've had a similar experience. I keep getting really good initial feedback on my resume, make it through several rounds of interviews with more good feedback, and then come out the other side with "We're reprioritizing our 2024 plans" or some version on that theme.

I think the macro economic environment has really spooked companies over the past 18months when it comes to adjusting headcount. Hopefully 2024 will be better?

I am lucky enough to still have a decent position. I have real sympathy for all those who have been laid off in the past year, it's gotta be tough.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

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Post by ehto »

jechamt wrote: post #30
ehto wrote: post #28

I'm in London. Today was a low point. I've been slowly expanding the aperture of what I would be open to doing, and haven't been going for volume applications because of my weird background. The last few rejections have really shaken me because I (to my detriment) get invested. As best I can tell I'm perfect, get a first round interview, excitement builds, then get rejected... For me a big learning is that your CV an…

I am in the US, but otherwise your situation highly resonates with me, and I feel your description could be used to describe my own search. I've been looking, applying, and interviewing (though not as often as I would like nor expect from my volume of applications) for 8 months. After some recent disappointing news, I am looking to be moving away from software development and systems-at-scale roles, and spending more…

Appreciate the support jechamt. Good luck on your own journey.

It's undeniable that practice makes for better interviewing - I tend to index way to much on researching the company and industry, and not enough on the tricky art of impressing them by emitting words in the right way!

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

#34

Post by scyzoryk_xyz »

Could one say at this point that a bubble is popping in tech? Fewer people than ever seem to be talking about starting up projects around here. Move and more talk about job-hunting. Can’t tell if it’s just me becoming disillusioned…

With my few years in med-edu-tech start-up experience as a PM, I recently came across an unexpected opportunity to go back into film production. Low-pay but high-prestige apprenticeship back-to-square-one sort of situation, but I’m just young enough to still pass off as a viable junior.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

#35

Post by geuis »

pyuser583 wrote: post #25
geuis wrote: post #14

I've been looking for most of the past year. My back is against the wall. I've applied to more companies than I can keep track of. I've exhausted my savings. Friends and family have already helped as much as they can. I'm days away from having some life changing situational events happen. I've recently seen a small uptick in interviews, but over the last year almost nothing has moved past the initial call/zoom meetin…

How many years experience and education? What is your skill set?

10ish years of full stack, mainly js, node, react, etc. Did pure frontend before that and I still keep up. Been running and scaling an api service for a decade.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

#36

Post by [deleted] »

8b16380d wrote: post #31
jakabia wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can I ask where are you based? Generally speaking I haven't really encountered with leetcode or design pattern type of questions, but I was mostly interviewed by Tier 1 and 2 [1] companies, and for junior-mid positions, and I live in Denmark. [1]: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...

I am in the Eastern USA. Looking at remote positions mostly (USA). I have yet to have an interview loop that did not involve both system design and some "leetcode"-style code questions. None have been as complex or bad as some make them out to be, but all have the potential to trip you up depending on the day.

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Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

#37

Post by lamroger »

joeshmoe112 wrote: post #22

Pretty terrible in LA. I was laid off two months ago. I haven’t been able to find an internal transfer team. I had two interviews but they both went for other candidates I have one interview left. No more hits from applications, no more recruiter contacts and no more people I can ask for referrals. I’m burnt out from studying Now I am being fairly picky at this stage, trying to aim for roles at big tech that can matc…

I'm also in LA and having a similar experience. Not much of an AI startup boom. I was hoping on finding something of a hybrid situation after being tired of fully remote.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

#38

Post by alexfromapex »

geuis wrote: post #14

I've been looking for most of the past year. My back is against the wall. I've applied to more companies than I can keep track of. I've exhausted my savings. Friends and family have already helped as much as they can. I'm days away from having some life changing situational events happen. I've recently seen a small uptick in interviews, but over the last year almost nothing has moved past the initial call/zoom meetin…

Was in the exact same boat but luckily an old coworker gave me a referral and fingers crossed it looks like it may pan out but this economy is the worst I’ve seen in over 10 years.

Re: Ask HN: How is your job search going?

#39

Post by alexfromapex »

jechamt wrote: post #30
ehto wrote: post #28

I'm in London. Today was a low point. I've been slowly expanding the aperture of what I would be open to doing, and haven't been going for volume applications because of my weird background. The last few rejections have really shaken me because I (to my detriment) get invested. As best I can tell I'm perfect, get a first round interview, excitement builds, then get rejected... For me a big learning is that your CV an…

I am in the US, but otherwise your situation highly resonates with me, and I feel your description could be used to describe my own search. I've been looking, applying, and interviewing (though not as often as I would like nor expect from my volume of applications) for 8 months. After some recent disappointing news, I am looking to be moving away from software development and systems-at-scale roles, and spending more…

I have “FAANG” too but as a contractor and I feel like it’s hurt me more than it’s helped because everyone wants to give me super rigorous coding assessments or questions my few month gap.
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