A two month notice period.
I’ve had up to three in Sweden.
Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
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#12Red: - You can do anything (frontend backend ci/cd backend product management IT) - We’re a family here - Yeet ninja 10x rockstars, “you friends see you as a badass hacker” (yes I saw the latter in a job description) - 120k - 165k for a junior position I haven’t gotten enough jobs to have a clear green flag filter, but my most delightful interviewing experiences have been take home projects to demonstrate ability to…
>my most delightful interviewing experiences have been take home projects to demonstrate ability to reason about a domain that pertains to the job for which I’m applying
I can't figure out if you're being serious ... or if that's raining sarcasm
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#13green flag: email us to apply
yellow flag: greenhouse.io
red flag: adp
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#14- the words "urgent" or "immediately" anywhere in the ad - asking for current salary - "/" in the job title e.g. Data Engineer/Scientist or Senior Developer / Scrum Master - requiring a cover letter
I personally hate seeing "Computer Science or Finance degree." Immediately this tells me this is a junk data entry job. Finance majors couldnt even code a stock tracking app in python even if you gave them the code base from the start and apl they needed was to add the logic. Half the time business analysts to me, are just faf middle management employees that dont do much.
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#15Red: - You can do anything (frontend backend ci/cd backend product management IT) - We’re a family here - Yeet ninja 10x rockstars, “you friends see you as a badass hacker” (yes I saw the latter in a job description) - 120k - 165k for a junior position I haven’t gotten enough jobs to have a clear green flag filter, but my most delightful interviewing experiences have been take home projects to demonstrate ability to…
>my most delightful interviewing experiences have been take home projects to demonstrate ability to reason about a domain that pertains to the job for which I’m applying I can't figure out if you're being serious ... or if that's raining sarcasm
I can’t tell if he thinks 120k-160k for a junior position is good or bad (the answer should be that’s really good).
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#16A two month notice period.
In France 3 month notice period is commonplace
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#17- bad Glassdoor reviews or not enough reviews (I would be looking for at least 1k reviews to consider a company). Anything 4+ stars with 1k+ reviews should be good
- most adverts coming from random (and new) 3rd party recruiters outside the companies themselves. They hire these recruiters because they know their role/company is shit and no one would apply otherwise
- any 200 people or less company (most startups are shit)
- any in the adtech/crypto industry
- any saying that they will "disrupt the market"
- recruitment/HR barely if ever replying after offer was "verbally given"
- not having benefits package (bonus, health, dental, pension etc)
- offering lower than previously mentioned or below industry standards compensation
- paying their seniors the same as junior or mid
- majority of their work force made up of cheap labour from third world countries
- having offices in third world countries to do their dirty job for nearly free
- not declaring the tech stack clearly or the role duties
(plenty more left but these should be the main)
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
>my most delightful interviewing experiences have been take home projects to demonstrate ability to reason about a domain that pertains to the job for which I’m applying I can't figure out if you're being serious ... or if that's raining sarcasm
I can’t tell if he thinks 120k-160k for a junior position is good or bad (the answer should be that’s really good).
yeah - pretty sure this guy doesn't understand the question
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#19- bad Glassdoor reviews or not enough reviews (I would be looking for at least 1k reviews to consider a company). Anything 4+ stars with 1k+ reviews should be good - most adverts coming from random (and new) 3rd party recruiters outside the companies themselves. They hire these recruiters because they know their role/company is shit and no one would apply otherwise - any 200 people or less company (most startups are…
>I would be looking for at least 1k reviews to consider a company
If you only want to work for big companies where you're just an employee number ... I guess that's ok?
Re: Ask HN: What do you see as red flags in a job application process?
#20- bad Glassdoor reviews or not enough reviews (I would be looking for at least 1k reviews to consider a company). Anything 4+ stars with 1k+ reviews should be good - most adverts coming from random (and new) 3rd party recruiters outside the companies themselves. They hire these recruiters because they know their role/company is shit and no one would apply otherwise - any 200 people or less company (most startups are…
>any 200 people or less company
I'm pretty much the opposite - if you're more than a couple hundred ... you're probably crap