Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#1

Post by sahillavingia » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 6:41 PM UTC

Groupon tries to recruit DHH.
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Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#2

Post by sp332 » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 6:59 PM UTC

I think jrmehle had the best response:

  Recruiter: How many years of Rails experience do you have?

  DHH: ALL OF THEM

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#3

Post by janaboruta » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

I think jrmehle had the best response: Recruiter: How many years of Rails experience do you have? DHH: ALL OF THEM

Haha I feel like recruiters do no research about the people they try to contact. Same thing keeps happening to @wycats.

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 7:25 PM UTC

janaboruta wrote: post #3

sp332 wrote: post #2

I think jrmehle had the best response: Recruiter: How many years of Rails experience do you have? DHH: ALL OF THEM

Haha I feel like recruiters do no research about the people they try to contact. Same thing keeps happening to @wycats.

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Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#5

Post by csamuel » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 7:34 PM UTC

janaboruta wrote: post #3

sp332 wrote: post #2

I think jrmehle had the best response: Recruiter: How many years of Rails experience do you have? DHH: ALL OF THEM

Haha I feel like recruiters do no research about the people they try to contact. Same thing keeps happening to @wycats.

At my previous gig, I had recruiters from MY OWN COMPANY contact me with "opportunities". I moved on shortly after that.

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#6

Post by umjames » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 7:57 PM UTC

csamuel wrote: post #5

janaboruta wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha I feel like recruiters do no research about the people they try to contact. Same thing keeps happening to @wycats.

At my previous gig, I had recruiters from MY OWN COMPANY contact me with "opportunities". I moved on shortly after that.

Were these recruiters that your company hired, or were they actual HR employees from your company?

I would have gone just to see the looks on their faces.

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 8:20 PM UTC

csamuel wrote: post #5

janaboruta wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha I feel like recruiters do no research about the people they try to contact. Same thing keeps happening to @wycats.

At my previous gig, I had recruiters from MY OWN COMPANY contact me with "opportunities". I moved on shortly after that.

Should have taken the job; might have gotten a raise!

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#8

Post by vijayr » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 9:21 PM UTC

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #7

csamuel wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At my previous gig, I had recruiters from MY OWN COMPANY contact me with "opportunities". I moved on shortly after that.

Should have taken the job; might have gotten a raise!

and then refer your colleagues too, for referral bonus !!

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#9

Post by pavel_lishin » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 9:31 PM UTC

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #7

csamuel wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At my previous gig, I had recruiters from MY OWN COMPANY contact me with "opportunities". I moved on shortly after that.

Should have taken the job; might have gotten a raise!

That would have been an interesting two-week-notice to give.

Re: Groupon tries to recruit DHH.

#10

Post by bemaniac » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 12:15 AM UTC

In my experience, these recruiters just grep for words like "Ruby" and "Javascript" and blindly send out form letters.

I will say though, when I was looking for a job, a recruiter helped me set up quite a few interviews in a short period, and I ended up being placed somewhere awesome.