Tech Industry job layoffs looking scary

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How’d it go?

I’m at a FAANG company, been for a minute but I applied to a company that I would say, better aligns with my interest and had 5 onsite inteviews b2b.

First time in over 5 years. shyt actually went well, just waiting to hear back now.

How’d it go

Went really good, I'm feeling optimistic. Interview was almost all behavioral with not many technical questions. I feel like I do well with the STAR format behaviorial questions because all of these places use the same ones. The manager and the two principal engineers were super chill, felt like we were just having a conversation. And I just do way better on-site than over Teams/Zoom for some reason.

We'll see, I'm praying. It's an old school industry (power), so probably the furthest thing from Big Tech. I get the feeling they're similar to Aerospace/Defense where they're not as picky about hires. No grueling interview loops like FAANG or FAANG-adjacent
 

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Went really good, I'm feeling optimistic. Interview was almost all behavioral with not many technical questions. I feel like I do well with the STAR format behaviorial questions because all of these places use the same ones. The manager and the two principal engineers were super chill, felt like we were just having a conversation. And I just do way better on-site than over Teams/Zoom for some reason.

We'll see, I'm praying. It's an old school industry (power), so probably the furthest thing from Big Tech. I get the feeling they're similar to Aerospace/Defense where they're not as picky about hires. No grueling interview loops like FAANG or FAANG-adjacent

:salute: Best of luck
 

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Went really good, I'm feeling optimistic. Interview was almost all behavioral with not many technical questions. I feel like I do well with the STAR format behaviorial questions because all of these places use the same ones. The manager and the two principal engineers were super chill, felt like we were just having a conversation. And I just do way better on-site than over Teams/Zoom for some reason.

We'll see, I'm praying. It's an old school industry (power), so probably the furthest thing from Big Tech. I get the feeling they're similar to Aerospace/Defense where they're not as picky about hires. No grueling interview loops like FAANG or FAANG-adjacent

Best of luck.

And yeah, you are absolutely correct on the bolded.
 

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Rejection are flowing in, jobs getting reposted. Our latest hire a lead sec engineer was out of work for 8 months smh
This is why we need community. I be thinking damn am I really not that qualified or is my resume shyt.

I’ve been on Reddit and people are talking about submitting 300-800 job applications. At that point it’s literally just luck. And not necessarily a job that suits you.
 

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This is why we need community. I be thinking damn am I really not that qualified or is my resume shyt.

I’ve been on Reddit and people are talking about submitting 300-800 job applications. At that point it’s literally just luck. And not necessarily a job that suits you.
I think the people with so many application submissions have an ATS problem with their resume. Or they're waiting too late before they apply. If you haven't applied within the first week the job is posted your application is most likely trashed.
 

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How do you block just Indian recruiters on LinkedIn?
:snoop:
Has anyone ever gotten placed by these clowns? Or are they just collecting resumes? They don't have a clue what their looking for most times.

I've gotten hella contracts through Indian recruiters. I work in the Big Data/Data Engineering space tho. They're legit as fukk. Hell an Indian hired me onto his team when I was at Deloitte.
 

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Things are picking definitely picking back up. Hearing from more recruiters this week.

Have a couple interviews lined up.

Salaries still seem mid. Not seeing much over $60 :francis:

However Ive been thinking about betting on myself and working multiple contracts.

There’s always a need for talent. The end goal should be consultancy at this point.
 
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