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Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
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Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#42Friend of mine moved on to the company I'm at now (he has since left) and when they were looking for a senior developer he gave them my contact info. I'm in the market right now and the most likely opportunity thus far is through another buddy of mine. I've never gone through the front door at any company, for that matter, in the 25 years I've been working. The first job I ever got was because the teacher of a colleg…
I am almost the exact opposite to you - so my question is how much time do you spend keeping in touch with people you used to work with or met - either in deliberate "networking" or simply because you are a sociable person who you know, has friends :-)
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#43My current job at Amazon: Took two online coding tests, didn't talk to a single person and got an offer a couple days after the second test. Efficient.
Sounds fantastic. What role?
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#44I apply and do interviews without any references. I guess I could escape this if I was interested in local jobs, but I work remotelly and every next job/company/client is thousands of miles/km away from the previous one.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#45The last two jobs I've had I got from recruiters.
Before that LinkedIn.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#46It's a big company so I applied online. Come to think of it all the companies I've accepted were the same way, though I've gotten interviews by directly reaching out to recruiters.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#47Wrote a blog post that got featured on HN. Someone from Facebook reached out and after a series of interviews I got in.
If I could pass a Facebook interview I could finally be happy. I envy you.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#48My current job at Amazon: Took two online coding tests, didn't talk to a single person and got an offer a couple days after the second test. Efficient.
Sounds fantastic. What role?
Probably SDE. It's a similar process for everyone.
There's a lot of handwringing about it because it basically lets Googlers and Facebookers shit on our employee quality now (and you know they think we're inferior).
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#49My current job at Amazon: Took two online coding tests, didn't talk to a single person and got an offer a couple days after the second test. Efficient.
Same, except I had an extra phone screen because I fucked up the logic portion (guess I'm dumb). Still got the job, and then finished the internship, then got a return offer.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#50Bosch demanded IT employees from a part time job agency where I was registered. Quite simple.
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