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Looking for a Job Is Tough

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184 points skaplich | 6 comments | 14 Nov 24 01:15 UTC | HN request time: 1.172s | source | bottom
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noobermin ◴[14 Nov 24 14:10 UTC] No.42136260[source]▶
Sometimes I feel like you guys live in alternative universe. Nothing about the "bad" interview sounded too atypical. Sure it's annoying, but not uncommon enough to be exceptional.

I don't mean to discount anyone's unpleasantness but you'd be surprised how much worse the rest of the world is.

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bluefirebrand ◴[14 Nov 24 14:13 UTC] No.42136286[source]▶
That's kind of the point, the "typical" experience is actually pretty bad for job hunters
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1. thrw42A8N ◴[14 Nov 24 14:25 UTC] No.42136381[source]▶
Try to get a job in finance, accounting, marketing, law, or other kinds of engineering. 7+ rounds of interviews, weird pop-psych questions, even getting a reply/meeting is a problem ...
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2. bluefirebrand ◴[14 Nov 24 15:39 UTC] No.42137269[source]▶
"It's bad everywhere" or "it's worse elsewhere" does not mean it's not bad

"Other people have it worse" is not a compelling reason to make people believe their own shitty situation is good

Maybe we could improve the interviewing in all industries?

But we could start with Software since that's where most of the people on this board work

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3. thrw42A8N ◴[14 Nov 24 15:45 UTC] No.42137339[source]▶
I don't think SWE interviews are bad. And I have no idea who's the "we" that's supposed to fix it globally.
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4. Teever ◴[14 Nov 24 17:01 UTC] No.42138245[source]▶
The solution to this problem is regulations.

If employers were obligated to pay prospective employees for their time then they wouldn't waste time

5. bluefirebrand ◴[14 Nov 24 18:43 UTC] No.42139621{3}[source]▶
Do you think that SWE interviews are perfect and could not possibly be improved?

I personally think there's a lot of room for improvement in interview processes, regardless of if they are currently "bad" or not, they certainly could be better

I also don't think things ever really improve broadly as long as there are enough people who think "that's actually not that bad"

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6. thrw42A8N ◴[15 Nov 24 00:11 UTC] No.42142696{4}[source]▶
I don't think it's perfect, but I truly don't think it's bad. I had a few experiences that I didn't like and so I walked away. And I don't think there's a reasonable way to regulate what makes SWE interviews bad.