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i've always worn a suit in nyc interviews unless specifically noted not to by the recruiter. these were primarily banks and fintech firms. the only one who requested me not to was amazon and even then I wore slacks, tucked in dress shirt, and nice shoes.
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qhat posted:Reviewing co-op applications today. One guy stated outright in his cover letter "once you see my grades I know you'll want to meet me". So I check his grades and see some F's and immediately throw the resume in the garbage lol.
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only ever respond to in-house recruiters at firms you'd actually like to work for. delete everything else.
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Valeyard posted:"tell me about a time you hosed up"
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Mar 27, 2018 19:27
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prior to the ucf/auburn bowl game, i had a recruiter pitch me a "bet" on the game. if ucf won i'd get a bowl game t-shirt; if auburn won i'd have to listen to his recruiter spiel for a half hour. i accepted. ucf won; i didn't get a t-shirt.
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my experience with holding equity in small non-public companies is that large companies wanting to hire you will completely discount the existence of that equity when forming a competing offer. as they should.
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Apr 16, 2018 15:50
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companies are universally terrible, especially in finance. work for figgies instead which finance has a lot of.
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Jun 19, 2018 12:29
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the types of employers who do ask previous salary are a) not worth working for anyways and b) probably not going to be discouraged from continuing to ask when there's only a minuscule chance they'll face any monetary damages from doing so in the event they're ever actually reported.
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DELETE CASCADE posted:because we're decent at our jobs right?
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congrats! also, you dont need to explain poo poo other than that you're leaving in 2 weeks. cross that hypothetical bridge when you get to it.
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Jul 17, 2018 19:50
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"Feedback with all 3 interviewers was excellent but this is a timing thing and we're going to move forward with someone further along in the process. How about this other semi-related position instead?" Interviewing is trash.
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Aug 1, 2018 17:41
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Raluek posted:this seems like a good sign that people there actually take PTO
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Aug 3, 2018 13:18
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got an offer  already at dece 6 figgies in nyc. this is +15% plus another 10-15% annual bonus on top. it's a solid offer for the position, not great. there's little doubt that it's much less of a shitshow organization than current employer. only problem, it's in boston. that fills me with massive anxiety. i have until next week to decide if we're moving.
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Aug 15, 2018 15:20
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even cool areas like somerville or cambridge or brookline aren't as good as the better areas of brooklyn or jc/hoboken. rentals in the seaport district are just as stupidly expensive ($3-4k/month) as manhattan without the unlimited job market to justify it. there are lots boston-ites there. there are drawbacks.
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Aug 15, 2018 16:46
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Bloody posted:the city of boston: its good leaning accept with major reservations about uprooting. i'd need to find another neighborhood with a heavy SAHM stroller crowd to ensure spousal happiness.
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Aug 16, 2018 19:07
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well sure, that seems like an obvious choice to me if you like money. london gigs dont pay (compared to the us).
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Aug 16, 2018 21:41
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C.H.O.M.E. posted:a friend of mine developed a pretty severe depression as a stay at home mom because all the other women in her neighborhood were russian gangster wives who wore gold lamé gym clothes all the time and they didnt like to hang out with the nerdy asian lady i told the boston offer to extend my deadline past this weekend so the wife and I can ride up and hang out in lesser neighborhoods than our own to see how we like them. they didn't blink and told me to take my time so that's a decent sign.
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:it's not gonna be any easier in boston looking in cambridge, somerville, east boston, and charlestown right now. meatpotato posted:q to those of you who sought out a new job recently: how long / how many applications before you got a call back? 21 applications or referrals (2 in-house recruiters) 9 no responses 6 outright rejection form letters 6 phone screens 3 multi-stage interview processes (technical, webex, on-site, etc) 1 offer
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Aug 22, 2018 19:51
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Bloody posted:where is the office
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Aug 22, 2018 22:41
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sure we’re coming from Hoboken and the idea would be to try to keep the lifestyle of a walkable, stroller friendly town with ample restaurants and day-drinking to minimize any regret and culture shock. pickings are slim yo. or pickings less than 4k for a 2B anyways. Boston proper on the north or west end seem like options.
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Aug 23, 2018 01:31
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i got a resume from a guy who decided that prefacing his name with "super" was a good idea. as in "super dan flemming". he did not get an interview. people are weird.
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Aug 23, 2018 17:09
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his linkedin was just his normal full name. he specifically added it to his resume.
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Aug 23, 2018 18:12
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exactly. you might have killed that interview and the hiring process is totally out of that manager’s hands. keep at it.
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Aug 24, 2018 23:10
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qhat posted:Greatest accomplishment is code for "a recent project you found difficult and solved a lot of problems". basically f amazon though.
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Aug 27, 2018 17:05
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so I accepted that Boston position with a projected start date of Oct 1 and I’m still interviewing in Manhattan. 1 screen and an in-person scheduled. also I haven’t notified current employer yet. not sure if I’m doing this right. I’d probably feel bad if I changed my mind but here we are. 
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I had a SpaceX internal recruiter reach out and I was like I’m totally unqualified for this position and there’s no way I’m moving to California but I’ll 100% take your call anyways.
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Aug 31, 2018 01:58
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Bloody posted:what about the Seattle area
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Aug 31, 2018 18:47
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DONT THREAD ON ME posted:still woulda been nice not to gently caress up, but i hosed up so catastrophically that i dont really mind.
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Symbolic Butt posted:I think I got a job congrats. getting new jobs is both cool and good.
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Sep 19, 2018 23:39
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definitely a dubious claim by myself 5 minutes ago
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Sep 19, 2018 23:47
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new gig is a loving lonely existence. line manager is in London. direct report is in Munich and the systems engineers are in Delhi. throw on top of that an open floor sit anywhere you want policy and there’s basically no reason to be in the office. I could have stayed in New York.
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Turnquiet posted:someone help me levelset with reality here
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Family Photo posted:what excuses have you used to take time off for in-person interviews? i ran into a situation where company wanted me to do a video webex with an interviewer in munich later that day. i had already took pto the day before so taking another was off the table. found out about breather.com and rented office space in New York for an hour for about $60. took a late lunch. got job. anyways I recommend breather if you’re in a bind for work day video interviews.
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Sep 25, 2018 18:35
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Pendragon posted:exact phrase was "set your expectations properly" which is pretty good business-speak.
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Oct 8, 2018 18:26
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this is probably my nyc fintech leaking but i see nothing wrong with wearing slacks and a tucked in button-down to the office. we're allowed to wear jeans at the new boston gig and just about zero people actually do.
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Oct 17, 2018 16:32
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meatpotato posted:oh gently caress holy poo poo pissss pull the trigger. experience new things. get figgies. congrats.
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https://qz.com/1427621/companies-are-on-the-hook-if-their-hiring-algorithms-are-biased/quote:after an audit of the algorithm, the resume screening company found that the algorithm found two factors to be most indicative of job performance: their name was jared, and whether they played high school lacrosse. girouard’s client did not use the tool.
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Oct 22, 2018 18:34
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two jobs ago we had multiple (2-3) people over the course of 6 months quit within the first week as a result of senior leadership selling the company and roles as something they weren't. the rest of us employees smiled and secretly acknowledged that they were the lucky ones since that was a trash organization. godspeed hit-and-runners
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Oct 24, 2018 13:11
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that sounds like most companies in the world. just say yes to the phone screen.
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unlimited vacation is a scam. minimum should be 15 days, 20 preferable.
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