My company has on multiple occasions brought in applicants to interview who aren’t qualified for any positions we have open. I’m not 100% sure why that is, but it’s led to us rejecting candidates who everyone otherwise felt pretty positive about.
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devlemming@programming.dev 6 months ago
Got laid off last summer. I haven’t started looking until recently, and I’ve only had one technical interview so far. I went through it, and going by the feedback of the interviewer, I solved the problem. He told me I was done, so I stopped working on it.
The next day, I got a reply back from the company saying my skills weren’t “senior enough”. I guess they were looking for someone who could either solve the problem faster, or more confidently.
YaBoyMax@programming.dev 6 months ago
devlemming@programming.dev 6 months ago
That might be part of it too. I got interviewed because I was friends with someone there. But there was no formal job description, just what people would describe to me during the interview. I only have ~5 years experience, and it was for a senior-level role. It was a little odd they made that decision during the tech interview though.
MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah…We do it beacuse we’re cheapskate bastards, trying to get more than we’re willing to pay for.
Source: I worked for a cheapskate bastard, at one point.
karlhungus@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Interviews are a crapshoot, and feedback from them is usually valueless. Good luck to you in your future interviews