Comment on Applicants probably spend more time skimming job openings than Managers spend skimming through CVs
SCB@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you’re spending a lot of time on applications, you’re doing something wrong.
You find out if it’s a good company during the interview. Trying to figure it out before hand is like running a background check on someone before swiping on tinder.
Your resume should be ready, your cover letter ready with just a few sentences to swap per job app, and the entire thing should take like 2-5 minutes, max.
ChexMax@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have to disagree. Job postings straight up lie. My husband got to his second interview at a place before they revealed everything from the posting and first interview was a lie and it was a door to door sales job.
Or they’ll lie about the responsibility or the pay of the job and he won’t learn that until deep into the interview process, which is costly in time, and stress, not to mention dressing up.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I just recently got to the third interview for a software engineering job. 5 minutes in, they asked about my requirements for compensation and I gave a conservative range for a senior engineer role. They said “thanks for your time” and ended the interview. I spent 4 hours total on this to be told my comp request was too high. So fucking sick of this bullshit
alienanimals@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Leave them a review on Glassdoor. Call out their recruiting team.
SCB@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Their recruiter sucks, because that should be one of the first discussions you have after initial qualifications.
I am genuinely curious how often this is policy vs just recruiters being bad at their jobs.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The thing is that we discussed it in the initial call. They seemed fine with it. I’m guessing they got some sucker to take a lower rate
netburnr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pay should be discussed before the first interviews starts.
SCB@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You don’t qualify a lead before talking to the person. That’s rule 1 of sales efficiency.
It’s far better to waste an hour once figuring out a job posting was a waste of time than to waste 5 minutes 200 times finding out job postings are a waste of time.
candybrie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You vet them once they ask you for an interview/phone screen. Vetting takes a lot more time than applying. So apply, then if it matters, check them out.