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Looking for a Job Is Tough

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184 points skaplich | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 01:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | 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. david-gpu ◴[15 Nov 24 09:14 UTC] No.42145184[source]▶
> 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.

It sounds like they intentionally present a simple problem because they are not filtering by who can solve it, but by who writes clean maintainable code.

I wish I had thought of that when I was interviewing candidates, because it is a good criterium for a well established organization.