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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoSome tips for people, real companies won’t:
Be careful out there!
I’ve been offered a job during the interview. But I did think it was super sketchy and didn’t take it.
But honestly it was more of a red flag of them just being desperate than anything dodgy going on. They really weren’t prepared to pay that much money, so they wanted to offer people jobs so they wouldn’t think about it.
Yeah, that’s sketchy.
Then again, we had the opposite situation with a candidate. Basically, we did our hiring rounds out of order, changed the position they were applying for, and our VP contacted them directly like 3 times after the interviews because we kept seeing weird stuff (had an SO out of state and was considering moving, then wanted to get a masters locally, etc). It worked out and we hired them, and it’s working out so far.
I guess my point is: hiring can be weird. We’ve had candidates skip the second round, repeat rounds, and we even flew one out without even making an offer. Run if the company seems sketchy, but if they’re just kinda weird, consider giving them a shot, some of our best hires had a wired hiring process.
I’ve gotten offered a job on the first interview and I worked there for a while. Then again, that was not in my field of IT and was a part-time job with a well-known company, alongside studies. So while it can be a red flag, it’s not always. Depends on the situation. Just stay vigilant.
Yup. Sometimes it’ll work out, just look for the big red flags.
A good job won’t expect you to do anything other than show up to interviews and orientation.
poo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Regarding that last one, my last job actually happened because I was made an offer during the first interview before even doing any sort of technical or programming test…
… of course most of the developers there were awful, so I wish they had.
It’s almost as if technical interviews are extremely important in vetting applicants…
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 8 months ago
Probably better stated as a red flag not necessarily “they’re not real.” Usually the folks at the company will want at least a little bit of time to think over the interview and discuss.
It depends, good references and prior work can top “technical interviews” in my book. If someone’s done something interesting a conversation about that interesting thing is often far more useful.
Technical interviews are more important when you’re looking at people fresh out of college or a code bootcamp.