I have been working professionally for 3+ years in a single company. I've been lucky to have got this job without a test nor interview ( I was an intern there, and they offered me the job before my intern period was up). Recently, I feel bored there and tried to apply to another company. Currently, I am in the last stage of the test and it seems I will be able to pass it. But, I feel nervous to actually change my job, because this will be my first time changing workplace, and I don't know if I will actually be accepted there (there is a probation period of 3 months).
Reading this thread makes me re-realize that changing jobs was not an unusual thing. Thank you for sharing this.
All my career rejections
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#122That list looks tiny. Have failed 10 interviews this year alone.
Yeah it is tiny. I just sent more than 10 applications during the holidays for fun with two failed onsites and maybe a third to show for it.
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#123Kind of unrelated but I just accepted a software developer position at Microsoft (Redmond). Any advice?
I previously failed twice at Amazon and promised myself to never ever do another excruciating Amazon interview. My interview at Microsoft was super nice surprisingly, questions were difficult but not as tricky as Amazon.
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#124It works both ways. I've had jobs at FAANG and rejected an offer from a FAANG as well. I'm not that impressed with FAANGs anymore. I think one grows out of the need for validation after while. It's just business. I see interviewing largely as a sales function. Winning a sale with a prospect is a game of numbers. Of course your product (i.e. your skill set and track record) matters but there are many other confounding variables you have no control over. So stressing about any one job rejection is a bad idea. particularly when conversion rates are very low.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I don't apply to places unless I am really confident I am definitely going to be the best candidate, and that's generally been true. Same. I've been extremely lucky that the only layoff I experienced was on first job out of school and on the first day ("we hired too many people"). The worst rejection I experienced was for a consulting position with a Big 4 consulting firm 10+ years ago. I bombed the brain teaser/pro…
It's so they can't fall in the hole, but who asks a question like that in an interview anyway? Was it a civil engineering role?
My immediate answer would be it is because it eliminates a constraint. Thus placement is easier if alignment is not a constraint.
Do not see much of a value in this kind of question except for amusement of the interviewer and check if the person is wired differently.
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#126Here’s a weird anecdote.
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a job I applied for (with the exception of my current job which I suspect was tailored for me and a colleague.)
Nearly every job offer I ever got I was reached out to by a recruiter.
It seems like, if I apply, I get blacklisted, but if I don’t apply a recruiter reaches out later and I often end up with an offer. This has happened with small and large companies. Sometimes even the same job but after a year or so. (Apple, most notably).
Does anyone else have similar experience?
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#127I have been working professionally for 3+ years in a single company. I've been lucky to have got this job without a test nor interview ( I was an intern there, and they offered me the job before my intern period was up). Recently, I feel bored there and tried to apply to another company. Currently, I am in the last stage of the test and it seems I will be able to pass it. But, I feel nervous to actually change my job…
> I don't know if I will actually be accepted there (there is a probation period of 3 months).
Depending on where you live 3-6 month probation periods can be completely standard. If you get the job, you are accepted there. The probation period is just a window in which you and the company can separate with less friction. In most places it's a formality that you shouldn't worry about unless you're extremely underperforming or doing something egregious at work.
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#128Re: All my career rejections
#129Here’s a weird anecdote. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a job I applied for (with the exception of my current job which I suspect was tailored for me and a colleague.) Nearly every job offer I ever got I was reached out to by a recruiter. It seems like, if I apply, I get blacklisted, but if I don’t apply a recruiter reaches out later and I often end up with an offer. This has happened with small and large companies.…
How do the recruiters find you on the internet?
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#130I have been working professionally for 3+ years in a single company. I've been lucky to have got this job without a test nor interview ( I was an intern there, and they offered me the job before my intern period was up). Recently, I feel bored there and tried to apply to another company. Currently, I am in the last stage of the test and it seems I will be able to pass it. But, I feel nervous to actually change my job…
Exactly same experience here. I made it. Changed my workplace for the first time after 2 years. It's something really nervous but if you think you need it, go for it. Your path is your responsibility. :)