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Looking for a Job Is Tough

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184 points skaplich | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 01:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.289s | source
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thw09j9m ◴[14 Nov 24 03:08 UTC] No.42132752[source]▶
This is the toughest market I've ever seen. I easily made it to on-sites at FAANG a few years ago and now I'm getting resume rejected by no-name startups (and FAANG).

The bar has also been raised significantly. I had an interview recently where I solved the algorithm question very quickly, but didn't refactor/clean up my code perfectly and was rejected.

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1. ziaowang ◴[14 Nov 24 03:30 UTC] No.42132878[source]▶
Though FAANG offers are usually more attractive than startups (considering pay level and stability), some startups could be more selective since they couldn't afford to hire the wrong candidate.
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2. hnfong ◴[14 Nov 24 03:32 UTC] No.42132894[source]▶
It's also a numbers thing. Startups generally hire a couple people, while FAANGs hire in the tens of thousands. (Used to, at least.)
3. lumost ◴[14 Nov 24 03:41 UTC] No.42132955[source]▶
It’s more about calibration. If you interview 100 people at a FAANG, you get an idea of where the bar is. This idea gets calibrated with a panel of interviewers, along with shadow interviewers.

At a startup… who knows? I had an interviewer burn up 25 minutes on a 45 minute coding question trying to “hint me” towards the solution I mentioned in the first 2 minutes.