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[bonchooski]

At my current job someone left and a position opened in another department that i have experience in, getting this job would have been abotu a 20% increase in my yearly salary and with a a wedding coming up this would be huge for my future and many other things.
The interview went great, my current boss gave them a glowing review of me as did my other employees.

So last week I get an email from the manage interviewing me to set up a meeting to talk about the job, I get in there and she tells me earlier that week she made her decision to hire me. However later that day the person who left (about a month ago) called them back asking if he could get his job back. She told me "it made sense to hire him back", so they gave him his job back.

TL;DR, basically the lady that interviewed me told me that i was her choice but because they person who left the position called back later that day to get his job back she changed her mind and let him come back instead of me getting the job.

The past week it's all i've been thinking about, i've never worked at a job where someone told me "you were my choice for the job but later that day i changed my mind and gave it back to the person who left" I feel like a dude who just asked a chick out on a date and she said yes, then later called me to tell me she took her ex back.

 

[Bladenic]

Alright guys, I need some advice regarding this interview.

I applied for a Promotion Manager at the local news station because my friend recommended that I did. I sent my resume without really thinking through what the potential skills required would be. Well, the guy emailed me saying he'd like to schedule an interview IF I have the following skills they're looking for: shooting, editing, and writing.

Of those, I only have writing skills (or so i would say). I've never shot or edited a video in my life. The most I've done with that is making an audio presentation for a PowerPoint lmao. So I'm really not qualified. My degree was in marketing while this job is really more suited for a Communications degree (even though it's still heavily marketing based of course).

So what should I do? I figure my options are:

1. Tell him in an email that I don't have those skills and apologize for wasting his time.
2. Tell him I don't have those skills but request that I be interviewed anyway, that I'm a fast learner, I have good writing skills and can make up for the rest, blah blah blah
3. Schedule and interview and tell him during the interview that I don't posses all the necessary skills, then try to spin myself as good enough and deserving of a shot anyway.
4. Schedule the interview, lie my ass off, fake it till I make it, and maybe come home after the interview and learn how to use Adobe programs and shoot/edit videos in a few days (lol).

Any help/advice of any sort would be appreciated. Has anyone ever been in this position?

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I have an onsite interview scheduled for this Friday for an employer that's in San Jose. I'm currently based in DC. When should I reach back out and ask why they haven't booked my travel yet?

I wish this process was over already so I can stop being neurotic and worry about the tiniest of things.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Didn't hear back from my interview even though they said they would get back with me last week, so today I emailed back to get a status update and they informed me that they went with someone internal. I swear external hires are just quota, which makes it almost impossible to break into a new company. Gahh

 

[Flux]

Alright guys, I need some advice regarding this interview.

I applied for a Promotion Manager at the local news station because my friend recommended that I did. I sent my resume without really thinking through what the potential skills required would be. Well, the guy emailed me saying he'd like to schedule an interview IF I have the following skills they're looking for: shooting, editing, and writing.

Of those, I only have writing skills (or so i would say). I've never shot or edited a video in my life. The most I've done with that is making an audio presentation for a PowerPoint lmao. So I'm really not qualified. My degree was in marketing while this job is really more suited for a Communications degree (even though it's still heavily marketing based of course).

So what should I do? I figure my options are:

1. Tell him in an email that I don't have those skills and apologize for wasting his time.
2. Tell him I don't have those skills but request that I be interviewed anyway, that I'm a fast learner, I have good writing skills and can make up for the rest, blah blah blah
3. Schedule and interview and tell him during the interview that I don't posses all the necessary skills, then try to spin myself as good enough and deserving of a shot anyway.
4. Schedule the interview, lie my ass off, fake it till I make it, and maybe come home after the interview and learn how to use Adobe programs and shoot/edit videos in a few days (lol).

Any help/advice of any sort would be appreciated. Has anyone ever been in this position?

If you've been in a rut or dry spell for interviews, why not go for it? You can always turn it down later if you really feel incapable. It could also lead into the job that suits you better. I've had a similar interview offer for a job I wasn't really suited for, but got recommended to a different department. Didn't get that job, but it gave me a shot to something I had no idea was an option.

 

[NLCP Gaming]

Anybody that works at tmobile, would not credit score prevent me from employment? While doing the background test, I seen that they run your credit score and my mistakes from when I was 18 has finally came back to haunt me

 

[br3wnor]

Need some follow-up advice:

Interviewed 2 weeks ago from yesterday for a state job. It went really well and the next morning (2 weeks ago today) one of the people who interviewed me e-mailed me asking for 2 references. I confirmed w/ the references that he had spoken to both of them by end of business the next day.

Since then there's been crickets. Given that it's a state job, I figure it might take longer to get an offer (or rejection) then a corporate job. I don't know if they have background checks they need to run through, or other types of red tape, but I do know that there were only 1 day of interviews so they are probably taking a candidate from the group of people interviewed 2 weeks ago.

Do I e-mail the guy who asked for my references and ask if I'm still being considered for the position? Is 2 weeks not long enough to do that, especially given the state job aspect? I already have a job so I don't want to jump the gun and come off as annoying, but the waiting every day for a phone call or letter is really killing me.

Thanks for any input!

 

[dskillzhtown]

Didn't hear back from my interview even though they said they would get back with me last week, so today I emailed back to get a status update and they informed me that they went with someone internal. I swear external hires are just quota, which makes it almost impossible to break into a new company. Gahh

It's frustrating when that happens. When they post a job externally, knowing they are hiring someone internally or already know who they have in mind for the job. For that company to actually do interviews is pretty low, IMO.

 

[dskillzhtown]

Need some follow-up advice:

Interviewed 2 weeks ago from yesterday for a state job. It went really well and the next morning (2 weeks ago today) one of the people who interviewed me e-mailed me asking for 2 references. I confirmed w/ the references that he had spoken to both of them by end of business the next day.

Since then there's been crickets. Given that it's a state job, I figure it might take longer to get an offer (or rejection) then a corporate job. I don't know if they have background checks they need to run through, or other types of red tape, but I do know that there were only 1 day of interviews so they are probably taking a candidate from the group of people interviewed 2 weeks ago.

Do I e-mail the guy who asked for my references and ask if I'm still being considered for the position? Is 2 weeks not long enough to do that, especially given the state job aspect? I already have a job so I don't want to jump the gun and come off as annoying, but the waiting every day for a phone call or letter is really killing me.

Thanks for any input!

I would send a friendly email inquiring about where they are in the process. Word it as not to be pushy, just wanting some clarification about where they are. Can't hurt.

 

[csquared587]

I just got promoted to a lead position at my retail store, got $1.58 raise. Accepting the job come with the knowledge that I would be required to go overnight work on occasion. I specifically asked if it was a day here and there, and not weeks at a time.


Fast forwad a week later, and I am wanted to go overnight for an undiscosed amount of time due to a person getting hurt. I do not want to do this, and wonder if it is acceptable to say no to anything more than one week? What do you guys think?


I have an interview lined up at another place tomorrow that I was going to pass on since getting a promotion, but I might just take it with this current situation.

 

[br3wnor]

I just got promoted to a lead position at my retail store, got $1.58 raise. Accepting the job come with the knowledge that I would be required to go overnight work on occasion. I specifically asked if it was a day here and there, and not weeks at a time.


Fast forwad a week later, and I am wanted to go overnight for an undiscosed amount of time due to a person getting hurt. I do not want to do this, and wonder if it is acceptable to say no to anything more than one week? What do you guys think?


I have an interview lined up at another place tomorrow that I was going to pass on since getting a promotion, but I might just take it with this current situation.

It'll depend on the company, store manager, etc. but from my experience as an Assistant Manager in retail way back when, I was basically expected to do as I was told. This meant covering shifts sometimes, working overnights when needed, working major holidays, coming in on a day off, etc. Granted it was like 8 years ago, but the only people the head store manager could truly rely on were the assistant managers so it was kind of expected that we were needed to fill in the gaps when needed.

You're free to say no but it might rub your store manager the wrong way. Either way, it's not an unreasonable thing for a retailer to ask of someone in management.

I would send a friendly email inquiring about where they are in the process. Word it as not to be pushy, just wanting some clarification about where they are. Can't hurt.

Thanks, that's what I'm thinking. Going to give them rest of today + check my mail when I get home then send an e-mail tomorrow morning if I haven't heard anything.

 

[EverythingShiny]

Need some follow-up advice:

Interviewed 2 weeks ago from yesterday for a state job. It went really well and the next morning (2 weeks ago today) one of the people who interviewed me e-mailed me asking for 2 references. I confirmed w/ the references that he had spoken to both of them by end of business the next day.

Since then there's been crickets. Given that it's a state job, I figure it might take longer to get an offer (or rejection) then a corporate job. I don't know if they have background checks they need to run through, or other types of red tape, but I do know that there were only 1 day of interviews so they are probably taking a candidate from the group of people interviewed 2 weeks ago.

Do I e-mail the guy who asked for my references and ask if I'm still being considered for the position? Is 2 weeks not long enough to do that, especially given the state job aspect? I already have a job so I don't want to jump the gun and come off as annoying, but the waiting every day for a phone call or letter is really killing me.

Thanks for any input!

I replied to your previous post - state jobs can take months. Have you looked up the department on Glassdoor? They have self-reported interview information up there for some companies. That might give you a better indicator of how long things take. For a lot of my coworkers, it took 2+ months from start to finish.

It took a week for me to get my offer but that was highly irregular - some people were reporting having to wait months for an offer. It really depends on your state and the department. A lot of red tape that my coworkers had to go through revolved around salary.

Did they give you any indication of when they'd get back to you?

 

[br3wnor]

I replied to your previous post - state jobs can take months. Have you looked up the department on Glassdoor? They have self-reported interview information up there for some companies. That might give you a better indicator of how long things take. For a lot of my coworkers, it took 2+ months from start to finish.

It took a week for me to get my offer but that was highly irregular - some people were reporting having to wait months for an offer. It really depends on your state and the department. A lot of red tape that my coworkers had to go through revolved around salary.

Did they give you any indication of when they'd get back to you?

I have looked on Glassdoor but the problem is it's a pretty small department w/in the state (New York) and my circumstance is made even smaller by being an attorney position, so I couldn't find anything. The salary is set and non-negotiable, it's part of the job posting. The ONLY idea on timeline I have is a friend who interviewed for a similar position with them last year and ended up getting rejected. Problem is, his memory is pretty bad because he couldn't remember if they had asked him for references OR how long it took for him to get the rejection letter. He thought it was about a month after the interview but he said it could have been a few months.

There was no indication on when they'd get back to me, what really tripped me up was how quickly they asked for references and how quickly they contacted them. Made me think things were moving really fast and got my expectations up.

Thank you for your personal insight, it is helpful to hear the variation in timeline that can happen w/ these state jobs.

***ALSO, quick question, from your experience have you heard of any departments sending offers via snail mail? As in they don't call first to make verbal offer, they just send a letter making the offer.

 

[Manmademan]

Need some follow-up advice:

Interviewed 2 weeks ago from yesterday for a state job. It went really well and the next morning (2 weeks ago today) one of the people who interviewed me e-mailed me asking for 2 references. I confirmed w/ the references that he had spoken to both of them by end of business the next day.

Since then there's been crickets. Given that it's a state job, I figure it might take longer to get an offer (or rejection) then a corporate job. I don't know if they have background checks they need to run through, or other types of red tape, but I do know that there were only 1 day of interviews so they are probably taking a candidate from the group of people interviewed 2 weeks ago.

Do I e-mail the guy who asked for my references and ask if I'm still being considered for the position? Is 2 weeks not long enough to do that, especially given the state job aspect? I already have a job so I don't want to jump the gun and come off as annoying, but the waiting every day for a phone call or letter is really killing me.

Thanks for any input!

I'm not in NY but I am in HR with a state agency. LOT of red tape and hoops to jump through.

2 weeks is nothing. Quickest stuff gets done around here is 6 weeks, and things taking 3 or 4 months isn't out of the ordinary.

Even if not selected, we always send out a form letter notifying the candidate via US Mail, so I would sit tight. Edit: to clarify if you definitely have it they just call you. If you don't, it's US Mail.

Calling won't speed things up, but some hiring managers might assume you're being rude or overly aggressive when you just aren't aware of the process.

Private sector though, different story. 2 weeks of radio silence justifies an email.

 

[Mr. F]

I'm Canadian and was contacted by a gig in the US that a colleague of mine referred me for. They've gotten back to me and are asking for my rate/availability, but is it in my interest to broach the visa subject or leave it to them to ask first?

Since it's a referral and I didn't apply by conventional means I'm not sure if I'll get a formal interview and kind of don't want to shoot myself in the foot too early on if it's a red flag for them that I need sponsorship.

 

[Flux]

I'm Canadian and was contacted by a gig in the US that a colleague of mine referred me for. They've gotten back to me and are asking for my rate/availability, but is it in my interest to broach the visa subject or leave it to them to ask first?

Since it's a referral and I didn't apply by conventional means I'm not sure if I'll get a formal interview and kind of don't want to shoot myself in the foot too early on if it's a red flag for them that I need sponsorship.

No, it shows you are responsible and aware. Can't really slip through the cracks, citizenship is basically the first thing people look at. You don't think about it because most people just apply within their home country.

Basically it's not a red flag, they already contacted you.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Why do these jobs make you take a bajillion quests and tests. I've never got any job where I had to do all this shit. I feel like I'm wasting my time.

 

[JDHarbs]

Got an interview at a grocery store tomorrow. First interview I've had in months. I have cashier experience so I should be more than qualified for the job, but if I somehow screw this up as well then I'm in deep shit.

Still no word from my freelance contractor after teasing me with multiple jobs over the last 6 months.

Still no word from the recruiter that contacted me about a job almost 2 months ago.

 

[BronzeWolf]

Finishing my PhD in STEM

Looking for jobs at this moment. I just finished setting up my CV, took a long time! Also working on my soft skills and roleplaying interviews with a friend that used to be in hiring.

I luckily have enough of a passive income, since I made good money years ago on real state, and got a part time job that keeps me going, but I would like to get married soon, and I feel like I can't do it without getting a good job. I would be making a disservice to my relationship.

By stalking recent hires on the companies and departments I am applying to through LinkedIn, it seems the young hires have glowing PostDoc experience with world-class labs while the other senior staff come from mundane universities or look super cool and fun on their pictures.

I would rather go the latter route, but it's late for me to start networking. My adviser and my network is helping but it is not immediate. I at least have international collaboration experience. I am confident I will get something. I have other things I could do, but I would feel like my PhD would be a waste. I want to play in the big leagues, I feel like I am ready. I want to contribute to society with it! It is not just a paper, I have great skill-sets that go far beyond getting published and getting grants, which I also do.

I am a great team player, I insert myself into groups easy as pie. Every group I have ever been has noted how they believe they knew me from years and years, even culturally challenging groups (whites, middle eastern, Chinese, doesn't matter, I click). I would love to develop knowledge that will lead me to a managerial position where I could lead a team towards success.

I have already sent 9 industry job applications and 6 postdoc emails. I have selected my postdoc options towards an easier transition into industry. I don't want to stay in postdoc hell. I have been rejected from 4 jobs and only 1 PI responded my postdoc email, he seemed very happy to hear that I wanted to do my postdoc with him.

 

[Noobcraft]

^^STEM covers a ton of different fields. What are you actually looking for? If it's a post doc fellowship in human biology (cancer research is huge) there are tons of opportunities depending on what you want to do.

 

[br3wnor]

I GOT THE JOB!

Thanks to everyone who gave their insight, helped keep me sane during the waiting. Ended up being 2 weeks and 2 days from interview to offer which for a state agency seems pretty fast. Gonna be able to give a full month's notice to my current job before starting the new gig so all things considered it works out perfectly. Not looking forward to telling my boss tomorrow but at least for tonight, nice celebratory dinner w/ the wife.

 

[dskillzhtown]

I GOT THE JOB!

Thanks to everyone who gave their insight, helped keep me sane during the waiting. Ended up being 2 weeks and 2 days from interview to offer which for a state agency seems pretty fast. Gonna be able to give a full month's notice to my current job before starting the new gig so all things considered it works out perfectly. Not looking forward to telling my boss tomorrow but at least for tonight, nice celebratory dinner w/ the wife.

Congrats!

 

[BronzeWolf]

^^STEM covers a ton of different fields. What are you actually looking for? If it's a post doc fellowship in human biology (cancer research is huge) there are tons of opportunities depending on what you want to do.

My PhD is in optoelectronics. I am an Electrical Engineer B. Sc. with embedded systems experience.

So yeah: EE + Optoelectronics
Or: FPGAs + Photodiodes

 

[anonymous_abc]

My PhD is in optoelectronics. I am an Electrical Engineer B. Sc. with embedded systems experience.

So yeah: EE + Optoelectronics
Or: FPGAs + Photodiodes

Do you want to stay in photonics? Because there aren't really heaps of jobs in that field.
I also did photonics research at University (numerical simulation of plasmonic waveguides if you are at all interested. ) but regrettably never ended up working in the industry in that field.
With every application I sent out I widened the scope of my search and ended up in entirely different industry. C'est la vie. At least I still do numerical simulation to some extent.

 

[shnurgleton]

What's up job hunters?

I've been looking to make a career move for a while now. I've had the same job since finishing my MS in CS, and have been interviewing for dev jobs. Primarily because I want to someday move back to Boston, but also because my current employer isn't really helping develop any transferable skills - lots of outmoded and proprietary tech.

However, I've been interviewing since last June and haven't gotten anywhere yet. It's been very disheartening receiving rejection after rejection.

Not sure what I'm looking for here, but just wanted to drop some solidarity for everybody else muddling their way through the job hunt.

 

[NLCP Gaming]

Do jobs usually have you go through three interviews and background check just to deny you in the end?

 

[BronzeWolf]

Do you want to stay in photonics? Because there aren't really heaps of jobs in that field.
I also did photonics research at University (numerical simulation of plasmonic waveguides if you are at all interested. ) but regrettably never ended up working in the industry in that field.
With every application I sent out I widened the scope of my search and ended up in entirely different industry. C'est la vie. At least I still do numerical simulation to some extent.

I measured nonlinear effects in plasmonic waveguides heh. Nice!

And no, I am not that married into the industry. Of course I would love to do something in it, but I am realizing I have to widen my search. What industry are you on right now?

 

[csquared587]

It'll depend on the company, store manager, etc. but from my experience as an Assistant Manager in retail way back when, I was basically expected to do as I was told. This meant covering shifts sometimes, working overnights when needed, working major holidays, coming in on a day off, etc. Granted it was like 8 years ago, but the only people the head store manager could truly rely on were the assistant managers so it was kind of expected that we were needed to fill in the gaps when needed.

You're free to say no but it might rub your store manager the wrong way. Either way, it's not an unreasonable thing for a retailer to ask of someone in management.


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Yea... I think youre right. I think I will step down from this position. its not really assistant manager, just hourly lead. I am not at a point in my life where I can dedicate significant chunks of time to overnight work. It will be a subtraction of $1.58 in pay, but weighing it in my head, a schedule constantly in flux between days and nights isnt worth it.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Do jobs usually have you go through three interviews and background check just to deny you in the end?

Never happened to me and I'd be mad as fuck if it did.

 

[JDHarbs]

Got the grocery store job. It's not much, but I'll take steady pay over nothing. The owner is really great and seems very flexible about scheduling so I can continue my freelance work or school if I want.

Now I'm just waiting to hear back from my freelance contractors who seemed like they were going to hire me full time, but haven't said anything for months about it.

If they hire me then great. I'll have a full time job doing what I love. If not, then I think I'll go back to school. This job hunting experience has made me feel like my associates degree is a huge disadvantage.

I just hate waiting for things to happen so I can finally make a move. I've been in this limbo for over 6 months now.

 

[NLCP Gaming]

Never happened to me and I'd be mad as fuck if it did.

Man Idk, because I got the email that I wasn't chosen in the sales position(which could just be tmobile closing the position so they won't recieve anymore applications) but when I called the manager, he told me they haven't chosen anyone yet so Idk what's going on

 

[anonymous_abc]

I measured nonlinear effects in plasmonic waveguides heh. Nice!

And no, I am not that married into the industry. Of course I would love to do something in it, but I am realizing I have to widen my search. What industry are you on right now?

In Germany I was working on various simulation projects for automotive OEMs, now I work in tech-sales at a software company for simulation software in LA.

 

[BronzeWolf]

In Germany I was working on various simulation projects for automotive OEMs, now I work in tech-sales at a software company for simulation software in LA.

Interesting. Was your thesis all theoretical? Or did you do some lab work?

How is the job in LA?

 

[dskillzhtown]

What's up job hunters?

I've been looking to make a career move for a while now. I've had the same job since finishing my MS in CS, and have been interviewing for dev jobs. Primarily because I want to someday move back to Boston, but also because my current employer isn't really helping develop any transferable skills - lots of outmoded and proprietary tech.

However, I've been interviewing since last June and haven't gotten anywhere yet. It's been very disheartening receiving rejection after rejection.

Not sure what I'm looking for here, but just wanted to drop some solidarity for everybody else muddling their way through the job hunt.

That is how it is. The thread title is very accurate. At times people find a job quickly, at other times it takes forever to find one. It's extremely stressful and disappointing.

 

[Bryan1321]

Hi fellow gaffers, i need some advice from anyone who cares to read this not so long story.

Last december i turned 25 years old. Im a graduated civil engineer, i got my licence a year ago. Anyway since i finished school 3 years ago i've been in 4 different jobs, neither of these jobs made me feel like i loved what i was doing, even though i gave a minimum of 6 months in each Job. Anyway, now i landed a fifth job as construction supervisor and nop, once more not feeling it.

During these 3 years my secondary activity was for 1.5 years assisting and giving therapy to a house similar to a salvations army childs house. Where i attended 14 kids with help of two of my closest friends, this absolutely made me feel full of happiness but ended as my friends where with school responsibilities and occupations , anyway as this activity ended i started teaching to a group of 15 teens from 15 to 21 years old as part of the catholic confirmation course, anyway meeting these guys was great, and i also loved how i could change the life of someone by just listening to what they had to say.

Now that my time as a catechist is ending this May (age requirement is 26 max). I feel that my secondary activites where actually the primordial ones, this is my secon week in my job and i feel souless, without streght to do anything and im starting to believe that i missed my chance to study what i really wanted (Wanted to be a doctor to help people, but people including my family loled and said to me that Engineering was where te money was and that i was good at math and Physics...)

Anyway guys, as someone who is engaged and next to marry in October (no kids though).

¿Is too late to start a new carrer?


Also, i have have enough money saved to pay the full lenght of the new carrer. But i would need the help of my soon to be wife, to support living (Im also the owner of the house where moving in). So the cost of the carrer is solved, the house also, but IDK. Six years of Med School. Im finishing at 30 years old... So im scared


Thanks for reading!

TL,DR: Im a civil engineer son to be married, who doesnt love his carrer, and wants to start Med School so i can help others, 25 years old and scared of finishing at my 30s

 

[Slo]

Two thoughts.

1) You might have an unrealistic expectation that you should be immensely fulfilled by your job and you should be having fun doing it. That's not really how life works.

2) Just do it, man. If it were me, I'd try to work and go to school at the same time until doing both became unmanageable. You're young. Do it now before you have a chance to regret not doing it.

 

[falconxcrunner09]

I recently uploaded my resume to careerbuilder.com and two days later I got contacted by a company in my area who wants to talk to me about a potential career/position there. But the thing is, the email just seems weird. Email seemed like a copy and paste job and changed the greetings to my name, extension is @qikmail.com which I have never heard of, the position has nothing to do with jobs/position I am looking for (CS related, position offered is financially related). On career builder, you can also see what employers and companies looked at your resume, and the list doesn't even show the company that email me.

I am a bit worried if this a scam or a trap. I have looked up the company and its real, there are reviews on glassdoor and the company exists where it says it does. Anyone have any advice how I should handle this?

 

[Slo]

I recently uploaded my resume to careerbuilder.com and two days later I got contacted by a company in my area who wants to talk to me about a potential career/position there. But the thing is, the email just seems weird. Email seemed like a copy and paste job and changed the greetings to my name, extension is @qikmail.com which I have never heard of, the position has nothing to do with jobs/position I am looking for (CS related, position offered is financially related). On career builder, you can also see what employers and companies looked at your resume, and the list doesn't even show the company that email me.

I am a bit worried if this a scam or a trap. I have looked up the company and its real, there are reviews on glassdoor and the company exists where it says it does. Anyone have any advice how I should handle this?

It's probably not a scam, unfortunately it's probably just a recruiter who is really bad at his job and is just playing a numbers game. He's probably spamming every candidate that shows up in his candidate searches, even if they barely meet the minimum requirements, and probably without looking at the individual profiles at all.

You could apply for the job if it interests you, but it'll basically be like you're a rando off the street filling out an applications with a scummy recruiter who's going to take a cut if you get hired.

 

[FloppyDelux]

Need some follow-up advice:

Interviewed 2 weeks ago from yesterday for a state job. It went really well and the next morning (2 weeks ago today) one of the people who interviewed me e-mailed me asking for 2 references. I confirmed w/ the references that he had spoken to both of them by end of business the next day.

Since then there's been crickets. Given that it's a state job, I figure it might take longer to get an offer (or rejection) then a corporate job. I don't know if they have background checks they need to run through, or other types of red tape, but I do know that there were only 1 day of interviews so they are probably taking a candidate from the group of people interviewed 2 weeks ago.

Do I e-mail the guy who asked for my references and ask if I'm still being considered for the position? Is 2 weeks not long enough to do that, especially given the state job aspect? I already have a job so I don't want to jump the gun and come off as annoying, but the waiting every day for a phone call or letter is really killing me.

Thanks for any input!

EMAIL THEM NOW! , I waited 3 weeks from my second interview and it turned out that they were waiting for a position to open for me, which happend and I'm working there now

 

[anonymous_abc]

Interesting. Was your thesis all theoretical? Or did you do some lab work?

How is the job in LA?

Pretty much all theoretical. Spent a few day in a laser lab towards the end to excite the waveguides with a prism and a grating.
Loving California and the job is pretty great too.
It's an awesome company with great products. Cannot imagine trying to sell stuff I don't feel confident in.

 

[brianjones]

you know it's bad when you get a rejection email without an interview for a fucking retail position

I'm so screwed

 

[br3wnor]

EMAIL THEM NOW! , I waited 3 weeks from my second interview and it turned out that they were waiting for a position to open for me, which happend and I'm working there now

Thank you for responding but I actually got the job offer yesterday lol so no more worrying!

 

[JaMarco]

Anyone here have any experience interviewing at Google?

 

[BronzeWolf]

Anyone here have any experience interviewing at Google?

Not me but I read somewhere they have got more tame with their shenanigans and you should expect good ol' behavioral questions

Pretty much all theoretical. Spent a few day in a laser lab towards the end to excite the waveguides with a prism and a grating.
Loving California and the job is pretty great too.
It's an awesome company with great products. Cannot imagine trying to sell stuff I don't feel confident in.

Nice! My last experiments consisted in exciting waveguides too, but directly with a fiber-to-waveguide system

You should hook a GAFer in!

 

[Slo]

Anyone here have any experience interviewing at Google?

I do not, but if you're looking for practice programming challenges checkout https://codefights.com. It's sort of a platform for one on one competitive coding challenges with other live humans, but they also have a section on Interview practice where they claim to have some coding challenges from Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.

 

[iMAGINATION]

Can anyone here review my resume? Thanks in advance

 

[entremet]

you know it's bad when you get a rejection email without an interview for a fucking retail position

I'm so screwed

I think I remember you. You've been unemployed for a bit, right?

Have you tried restaurants? Can you bartend?

 

[anonymous_abc]

Nice! My last experiments consisted in exciting waveguides too, but directly with a fiber-to-waveguide system

You should hook a GAFer in!

Where are you located?

 

[Flux]

Can anyone here review my resume? Thanks in advance

Depends on your field I suppose. If you're in science/research I could help you. Otherwise I don't have any specific expertise.

 

[spawnsniper]

I dont wanna make a new thread so I'll post here..

I have a job, it's a great job. Prob is is that its away from home. I work at this place 4 days out of my city and one day in my city. Prob? I have a family and kids I rarely see as I don't commute. I applied for a job very similar to what I do now and I was accepted. But my employer offered more compensation AND a re-location closer to home.

I already emailed my "would have-been boss" and I feel horrible for taking their time. Especially since they told me it was between me and another candidate. I just hope the other person gets called back and offered the position. I'm 3 years into my company job and can't leave it (i was willing to for my family) but that is not the case any more. I still feel bad though.