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Captain Foo posted:job interview on Monday merry yotj, o captain my captain
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prisoner of waffles posted:hot take: people are bad at reading code it's this they're also bad at ready logs and pretty much any other kind of output
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Jan 21, 2023 22:40
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oh, poo poo, reading logs, that's a fantastic interview question idea
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Jan 22, 2023 00:18
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Blinkz0rz posted:it's this coworker: hey this thing crashed, i don't know what could have caused it and i looked at the logs but i didn't see anything The Logs posted:ORA-01858: a non-numeric character found where a digit was expected me: 
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Jan 22, 2023 00:42
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ORA-42069: database is high as gently caress 
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Jan 22, 2023 05:26
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Blinkz0rz posted:it's this buddy lemme tell you: they’re just bad at everything
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Jan 22, 2023 09:36
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man I forgot how weird it feels to leave the a late (3rd+) interview at a company and have no clue if you did great or are about to be bounced
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Jan 23, 2023 01:19
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i just finished a system design interview that i’m pretty sure i completely embarrassed myself on but in my defense the guy kept responding to my clarifying questions with “i dunno, that’s really a question for product” and it threw me. i wasn’t trying to flesh out every little user preference database column, it was things like “what defines a unique identifier for rows in this data set”. i think i was supposed to be designing around a generic primary key or something but man that feels weird.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:38
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prisoner of waffles posted:merry yotj, o captain my captain i think it went well
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Jan 24, 2023 00:02
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started sending out applications today. got a reply back from one company within a few hours.. they're interested in me! except, they want me to complete a skill assessment test prior to even speaking with me. it's 63 questions, almost as long as a cert exam. is this normal these days?
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Jan 24, 2023 01:20
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they're not actually interested, that was an automated reply
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Jan 24, 2023 01:22
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i was being sarcastic!
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Jan 24, 2023 01:25
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dioxazine posted:i was being sarcastic! I ... I dont think we allow that any more, do we?
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Jan 24, 2023 01:28
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rotor posted:I ... I dont think we allow that any more, do we?  only about the first part though. i hope this doesn't happen consistently
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Jan 24, 2023 01:29
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rotor posted:I ... I dont think we allow that any more, do we? Yeah, we totally do. Being sarcastic is so cool 
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Jan 24, 2023 01:29
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dioxazine posted:i hope this doesn't happen consistently 
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Jan 24, 2023 01:38
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I've gotten far enough along in this process now to at least have a few automated rejections. That's nice I guess.
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Jan 24, 2023 01:48
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apply to google, as a joke
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Jan 24, 2023 02:24
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rotor posted:apply to google, as a joke oh I should totally reply to that recruiter (er sourcer) that sent me an email last Tuesday and see what they say
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Jan 24, 2023 02:42
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hobbesmaster posted:oh I should totally reply to that recruiter (er sourcer) that sent me an email last Tuesday and see what they say lol you should
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Jan 24, 2023 02:48
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the guy’s pick a time on a calendar thing is completely open 
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Jan 24, 2023 02:51
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crossposting from the discord so it's the time for my yearly "job search out of curiosity how much greener the grass is on the other side". yesterday went to an interview after a first really good teams interview - for a senior role after a set of the most bland questions i've ever had (tell us about a time you showed leadership, tell me your strengths and weaknesses, have you ever worked with kubernetes (offer made no mention of kubernetes)) had a whiteboard thing like this aaabbccccdd a3b2c4d2 i wrote the code to solve it in like 2 minutes. but then i felt something was off - we left it at that, and after 1 minute staring at it i realize "ah poo poo actually you guys wanted me to ask for another example right? to make sure i really needed to to things the way i thought i should? are they always in order? what should i show if the input starts with d? they also showed me a bit of C# code and like yeah, i did not remember by heart if Function<T1, T2> meant a function with parameter type T1 returning T2 or the opposite. I mean I only do a bit of C# every now and then because I mostly code in C++ guy with the mba just called me saying "they don't think i can dive deep enough into their really complex codebase - they worry about the learning curve" and that "i don't challenge enough" bitch i've been writing code for 20 years since i was 15, i probably know like 10 different languages if not more - do you really think your 2 questions will help you assess my skills? told him straight up that his interview process might be okay for a junior role lol@using this for a senior role. kindly told him to get hosed. am glad this guy won't be my boss after all, even if said company had pretty good benefits. interviewing out of curiosity is really fun.
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Jan 24, 2023 19:00
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i think perhaps everyone came out of that interview happy with the result
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Jan 24, 2023 20:35
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go play outside Skyler posted:
this is what i keep sayin
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Jan 24, 2023 20:38
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if you've been in the biz for 10+ years then wash off that "i have something to prove to you" stink because people can smell it on you. you didn't think i'm a good fit for the role because (list of idiotic reasons)? sorry to hear that. thank you for your time.
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Jan 24, 2023 22:37
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Sapozhnik posted:if you've been in the biz for 10+ years then wash off that "i have something to prove to you" stink because people can smell it on you. you're not wrong but this can really be easier said than done
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Jan 24, 2023 22:42
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got a preliminary job offer that results in a pretty substantial paycut from last job, but it is better than unemployment kinda sucks that i guess i'll have to keep interviewing elsewhere even if i accept this for the time being
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Jan 24, 2023 23:20
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i just had an interview where i'm 99% certain the candidate was being coached. they had lots of weird audio issues getting going, lots of weird pauses before answering, and the kicker: after giving me a vague description of a past gig, the candidate said "you should explain that more", then went on to poorly expand on what they'd said.
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Jan 24, 2023 23:22
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nudgenudgetilt posted:i just had an interview where i'm 99% certain the candidate was being coached. they had lots of weird audio issues getting going, lots of weird pauses before answering, and the kicker: after giving me a vague description of a past gig, the candidate said "you should explain that more", then went on to poorly expand on what they'd said. I had a phone screen once years ago where the candidate clearly had a friend answering for them. He repeated every question, the background noise stopped (mute button probably) and then gave vague but confident answers - too long ago to have been chat gpt
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Jan 24, 2023 23:35
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nudgenudgetilt posted:i just had an interview where i'm 99% certain the candidate was being coached. they had lots of weird audio issues getting going, lots of weird pauses before answering, and the kicker: after giving me a vague description of a past gig, the candidate said "you should explain that more", then went on to poorly expand on what they'd said. my favorite was the interviewee was really struggling with this basic question, then suddenly dropped, then came back after 5 minutes saying their internet had died and finished up the question rapidly and with no questions.
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Jan 24, 2023 23:43
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nudgenudgetilt posted:i just had an interview where i'm 99% certain the candidate was being coached. they had lots of weird audio issues getting going, lots of weird pauses before answering, and the kicker: after giving me a vague description of a past gig, the candidate said "you should explain that more", then went on to poorly expand on what they'd said. lol ron burgundy-rear end interviewer lil update on me: after reading all the very helpful posts about my situation (no tech hard skills, oodles of soft skills, people touching aptitude), I fell into a gig running fancy covid testing (with a Director title and a boss willing to say absolutely anything on a ref check) that has all but petered out. I'm now working through What Color is Your Parachute because people keep asking me what I'm looking for and "a job that takes my time and energy and turns it into a mortgage" isn't quite actionable enough for people to call in favors or take time for me
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Jan 24, 2023 23:47
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theflyingexecutive posted:people keep asking me what I'm looking for and "a job that takes my time and energy and turns it into a mortgage" isn't quite actionable enough for people to call in favors or take time for me say product management (better, probably harder to get) or project management (suckier, possibly easier to get)
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Jan 25, 2023 05:12
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i have more Interviews on Friday
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Jan 26, 2023 16:54
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reached out yesterday to a multinational that interviewed me a week ago but has been radio silent since. they replied today saying that they finally got authorisation (probably forgot) to go ahead with a panel interview with the hiring manager my stomach is in knots all over again
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Jan 26, 2023 20:04
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dioxazine posted:reached out yesterday to a multinational that interviewed me a week ago but has been radio silent since. they replied today saying that they finally got authorisation (probably forgot) to go ahead with a panel interview with the hiring manager if you get too nervous one quick fix is fatten your pipeline. call more peeps, its just sales
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Jan 26, 2023 20:08
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i had really hoped to never interview again unless i got signals from management that i wasn't performing well the recent layoffs have me brushing off the old resume. if getting got at any time with no reason or notice is a live possibility, i gotta stay in practice i am extremely not happy about this development
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Achmed Jones posted:the recent layoffs have me brushing off the old resume. if getting got at any time with no reason or notice is a live possibility, i gotta stay in practice so it shall be, as it has always been
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Jan 27, 2023 01:07
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got rejected with this emailrecruiter posted:Hi raminasi, is it just me or did she throw a bunch of boilerplate platitudes in there without making sure they cohered? "we don't want you, which isn't a reflection of your skills, just that we don't want them. i can give you feedback on your skills (which were fine) (but we don't want them) next week"
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Jan 27, 2023 20:36
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i once had a fantastic interview for a junior. i wanted to hire him, and we couldn't, because my manager decided after interviewing several folks that we didn't actually need to fill that position at all. it is genuinely possible everyone liked you and you didn't make the cut for stupid business reasons, not because of you at all i also had this happen once where multiple people told me they were super excited to lean into the tech i was being hired for my expertise in, and then they just cut me loose after 2 months of interviews
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raminasi posted:is it just me or did she throw a bunch of boilerplate platitudes in there without making sure they cohered? I think the only thing this email is supposed to cohere into is "we will not be moving forward in a way that does not leave the door open for litigation" there's no accounting for taste, gently caress em imo
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