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- Why execs don’t have LinkedIn recommendations I have a handful of good LinkedIn recommendations on my profile. I’ve noticed most exec people at top tier companies don’t keep any recommendations on their profile. Is their a strategy behind this or people just don’t care when they hit a certain status professionally. Poll the blind hivemind Ju
- LinkedIn Recruiter Ghosting Hi I had an LinkedIn on-site last Monday, and the recruiter just disappeared after the interview despite several emails asking for status and letting them know about my urgent timeline. I have a soft deadline from Google, which I could potentially extend, and I also have an offer from Facebook with
- link Ola CEO's note Quoting him: "Engineering hiring situation in Bengaluru - thinking of offshoring some work to a lower cost center in SF, Bay Area!" this makes no sense to me No matter how high someone's tc gets it will be lower than US counterparts Thoughts? Source: https://twitter.com/bhash/status/14218458403735
- Looking for urgent help Hi blind community, I am in a desperate situation. I am currently working at a startup and there have been signs that layoffs could happen anytime soon. Being on H-1B this puts me at serious risk of losing my visa status. I found few openings at companies below. Hoping to get referral from blind co
- Recruiter found out my work email somehow I set the status to “Actively Looking” on LinkedIn and one clever recruiter is spamming my work email every week saying “I saw you’re looking for a new job etc.” WTF? I never shared my work email address with anyone outside of work. What’s also interesting that the recruiter’s profile says “I empl
- vote Does FB London have enough scope? Facebook seems to be expanding at a breakneck pace in London. Atleast 8 people I personally know have just joined or are going to join within a quarter. I see lots of other people joining as well, from LinkedIn status updates. And this is just from India. They also hire from whole of Europe, Middle
- Microsoft recruiter left company in between my H1B petition without informing or handing me over I am in the middle of my H1B petition for sde2 at Microsoft. My recruiter wasn't responding to follow up emails on the status of H1B, and today his email got shut off. Checked LinkedIn to find out he left MS last month. I feel this is unprofessional to not inform all candidates under the recruiter a
- I now know how it feels to be a girl... 30yo male here. I now know how it feels to be a girl on dating apps (or in the bay area). Since I've set my status to "looking" on Linkedin 👀, I've been getting contacted by recruiters left and right. So much spam😩. They all say I'm ~perfect for them~💃, they all are working on the next ~big thin
- ghosted by Amazon recruiter after final onsite interview I had my 3rd and final onsite interview loop at AWS almost two weeks ago. The interviewers mentioned the debrief was the next day so I would get a call quickly after, and HR told me I would have news after max 5 business days. I followed-up twice with the recruiter who prepped me for my onsite and I
- vote When you changed jobs most recently, why did you leave your last job? In saw this exact poll on a certain Liz Ryan (@humanworkplace) on LinkedIn/Twitter ( https://twitter.com/humanworkplace/status/1216147277024153600?s=20), and I believe that the results are very much biased to the non-representative population reached by the poll (her followers). Given that most of t
- Is it ok to reach Amazon HM on LinkedIn for quicker feedback? Hi All, I've been waiting for onsite interview feedback and there's absolute radio silence from the recruiter even after following up multiple times. This post is for Amazonians to confirm if it's ok to reach out to the Hiring manager over LinkedIn to check on the status. I've couple of offers in
- Looking for Referrals in EU & UK Hello Community, Just started the job search and currently looking for referrals in the EU and UK. Would really appreciate it if someone can help me get interviews for entry-level positions. Also, tips for interview prep would be appreciated. Repher.me: https://repher.me/r/-MeICxLZvek9VwaYRe99 YO
- amazon interview hi all! i was revently approached by a recruiter on linkedin regarding a non-technical PM position. my “interview” with the recruiter was last thursday and went well. she asked me to apply online so she could share with the hiring team. my app status online says application submitted, but i havent
- Confused about job posting Hi all, Found a HM on LinkedIn who had a status saying #hiring. I connect and send them my resume, HM forwarded my resume to recruiter Recruiter comes back and says we’re now looking for someone with experience in [domain you don’t have experience in] Confused as to why the hiring manager forward
- Entry-level SWE Referrals Hi everyone, my current company is going through some lay-offs so I'm trying to secure a new job before they get to me. I am looking for a remote entry-level SWE position. I have been applying but struggling to get interviews. I have a masters in MIS and currently pursuing masters in Computer Scienc
- vote Some product companies growth is limited and it is better to accept it rather than killing it with new features. For example, LinkedIn(as a product) is a social network for professionals. It introduced lot of features. Maximum it could have done is having their own blind, Glassdoor and levels.FYI. But adding more news features year after year is never gonna happen for them. Things like polls or status have be
- Tiktok Application Hello! I wanted to quickly pop in and see if anyone who’s either interviewed or currently works at Tiktok / ByteDance could answer this. I recently applied for a position through LinkedIn and received a “the hiring manager has viewed your application.” I then checked the application status on their
- Any tips on landing Apple Interviews? Hi all, I’ve applied to a handful of roles at Apple this year and meet the basic/preferred qualifications, but never seem to get outreached. In the candidate portal it just says “submitted” under status. Does anyone have advice on how to get noticed via online submission? I’ve tried to network on
- What’s wrong with the recruiters lately?? I did onsite for company X and did HM phone screen for company Y. The recruiters are my connections in LinkedIn which I sent the request after the interviews. For company Y I can see on workday portal the status is still ‘interview’. Company X does not have any recruiting portal for candidates to t
- Consulting Agency during H1B grace period My friend has some questions about getting hired by a consulting agency. He is thinking if the details that the agency has asked are invasive to him. The agency is asking for the following details : Full Name: Email ID: Phone Number: Passport Number: Current Location: DOB: Visa Status: Education(Yea
- Ghosted by recruiter after final amazon onsite interview I had my 3rd and final onsite interview loop at AWS almost two weeks ago. The interviewers mentioned the debrief was the next day so I would get a call back quickly after, and HR told me I would have news after max 5 business days. I followed-up twice with the recruiter who prepped me for my onsite
- vote Squarespace (SE1) vs Bloomberg (SSE) vs Google (L4) vs Amazon (L5) I have offers from Google, Amazon, Bloomberg and Squarespace. All numbers are negotiated and final. Google | L4 | Seattle Base: 140k Bonus: 15% ~ 21k Stocks: 235k / 4 years TC: 220k + 30k SignOn (Y1) Squarespace | SE1 | Remote Base: 200k Stocks: 100k / year TC: 300k + 30k SignOn (Y1) Bloomberg |
- Quick Decline? I was contacted by an AWS recruiter on LinkedIn, had a call on a Friday to discuss position and at end of call they said I seemed to be a good match and they sent me the link to apply. I applied on Sunday night. On Wednesday morning I checked the site and it said "no longer under consideration".
- Facebook Application Status Hello, I applied for a position at Facebook about 3 weeks ago and haven’t heard back. I saw a posting on LinkedIn originally and yesterday I saw the same job ad was re-posted. Does this mean I’m no longer being considered for the role? Should I re-apply for the same position using the new job ad?
- My 4 months of job search analysis Finally got an offer with Amazon but thought of sharing some stats on my journey of 4 months of active job search. I got an L6 offer from Amazon. Thanks to the Blind family for all tips and tricks. #bepositive Job status # of application Conversion % Total applied 42 N/A Self Applied 31 N/A Referra
- vote LinkedIn Sr. SWE ———> Google L6 (Staff) I have 5 YOE. I’m currently a Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn and I feel like I’m not fully utilizing my knowledge. I’m doing things that don’t really require a lot of logical thinking nor complex systems building. I joined LinkedIn a little over year ago and I’m a one of the top performers on
- Undergrads at Prestigious schools : non-row VISA future ? Success stories ? Hey young undergrads at schools like Berkeley , CMU, Stanford and born in India ? What's your planned route to green cards ? My younger brother has been accepted to Berkeley and UofT for Computer Science Undergrad but he was born in India and we know that Indian borns does not get a green card in
- Referral for Data Science roles Hi, I am currently working with Google Marketing team as TVC and am looking to switch jobs in the field of data science, product management and program management. I have extensive experience in A/B testing, personalization, web analytics, recommendation engines and visualization. Education: MS (F
- f’d over by recruiter? I was contacted by an amazon recruiter on linkedin. the day before I had recruiter chat my friend referred me for some roles at amazon as well. I talked to the recruiter and she said I can interview with multiple teams. and the same OA would count for all the roles (2 from friend referral, one from
- why is it so hard to get a SE job as a new grad in US? I am about to complete my masters in USA and I have applied to over 100 job postings on glassdoor, indeed,LinkedIn and dice. I have also tried to get interviews using referrals but nothing seems to click. As a fresher I shouldn't be expected to have 2 years of experience in everything like node, jav
- Workday - Salesforce Application I applied for a position at Salesforce. Salesforce uses Workday so there's no way for me to follow up with them through that platform. I applied over 2 weeks ago and the only update I have is my application's status was changed to "Review." I had applied for a separate position which was immediately
- Unexpectedly removed from the company. Need referrals. In a very bad situation due to visa issues. Hi, I got removed from the company around 6 days ago. Looking for a job ASAP and referrals. This situation happened at the worst time possible. I was waiting for my STEM OPT to get approved, which I applied 63 days before(05/11/2021).It is still in pending status. I talked with the lawyers and they
- Amazon is legit a shitty company TLDR; Never ever join Amazon if you have another offer. I was about to move teams after being at Amazon for 6 years and in my current team for 2 years (with the same manager). I’d been getting great feedback through the year. Guess what? When I told my manager that I was going to accept an offer o
- Decoding my wait for feedback after Microsoft onsite interview. Hi All, Last Monday, I completed my onsite interview. I felt the interview went pretty well ( PM position). While my interview schedule was shared with me 12 hrs prior to the interview, I felt confident and I connected well with the team members that interviewed me, I added several of them to my Li
- Entry level jobs in power electronics and control systems Hi Everyone, My wife is looking for entry level jobs in power electronics and control systems. She is currently on h4 EAD. She applied for relevant positions in Tesla, GM, Microsoft, Apple, Mercedes and many others via referrals and through other job boards like LinkedIn. But she is not getting any
- Is it common for Senior/mid level SWEs to ping linkedin recruiters of various companies What is an efficient way to get interviews ? Is online application effective or should i ping recruiters. I noticed that recruiters do not respond. Is it common that senior or mid level swe to ping recruiters or is it more often the college grads. I feel bit awkward to ping my friends for referral a
- Anyone at LinkedIn can help I got through HC several weeks ago and then my recruiter completely ghosted me after making me meet a few teams. I really liked one team but she came back and said they stopped hiring and that they don't have other headcount and will let me know as soon as something opens up. I'm wondering what happ
- How to apply at Amazon India remote teams ? Hi TeamBlind I have started applying for a job switch and for some family reasons, I am only considering permanent remote jobs. I am in interview process with some full time remote companies already, but also wanted to try my luck at Amazon. Though I know Amazon India is not officially remote, but
- MLE/ SWE Referrals Needed! I’m looking for MLE/SWE referrals at FAANGMULA+. I'm living in the Midwest, trying to relocate to the Bay area. Lost my job offer in the Bay area due to COVID last year, took up a job at a startup that low-balled me big time to maintain my visa status. Been seriously leetcoding, brushing up ML/DL
- Facebook/Meta: team matching before bootcamp Hey, I will be joining Meta in a few months and I have a question about team matching. I talked to someone there and they mentioned that it can be stressful sometimes to select a team in a constrained timeframe (bootcamp) and many new hires have already a team in mind by contacting hiring managers b
- How recruiters look for candidates on LinkedIn? I am a Software Engineer currently, but looking for Product Management roles. Here is what I had before in my LinkedIn profile: 1. Current Position: Software Engineer 2. Endorsed skills are basically only engineering ones 3. Education: degree in computer science So it was a typical SDE profile and
- AWS charm not working, no response from recruiters Title of the post says it all. I am actively looking for a new job and in this process I tried reaching out to several engineering managers, recruiters on LinkedIn but I received no response. I applied to many jobs but no calls. Only recruiters from other FAANG companies have reached out to me. But
- SDET Interviews and Leetcode! Need inputs please. I started getting calls from a handful of recruiters recently after i enabled “open to work” in LinkedIn. I applied to only 1 position and rest of the recruiters reached out to me. Couldn’t say no! Issue is that, I am not really feeling confident in attending any coding interviews. Did i take the wr
- Google hiring process - Need clarification 2 weeks ago Google recruiter reached out to me at LinkedIn and asked to apply for the position relevant to my experience. I applied offline and sent my resume. One day later, he said I have been shortlisted and hr team will contact if they see that I could be a fit for the role. Yesterday I follow
- H1B layoff - Potential next steps I needed pointer for folks who might have been a similar position. Basically I have option to continue at LinkedIn in a materially different role (say Engg.) or take a severance package. I am currently in sales productivity (sales ops). The new role is not a promotional but same salary as my curren
- Had a good phone screen with Amazon, email a day later saying position has been cancelled? Had a phone screen that went well for a non-tech ops position. The interviewer discussed next steps with me and sounded pretty enthusiastic. A day later I get an email from the recruiter saying the position has been cancelled and he will share my resume with other teams to see if there is interest
- How to evaluate a startup? Hey folks, I got a verbal offer from a startup. This post is not about the TC (yet). I am looking into ways to evaluate the startup’s potential. Here is what I know. I am purposefully giving ball park figures Space: Big Data/ML/AI Round: Series C, ~80M Employee Count: ~ 100 Role: Non engineer (t
- Referrals please for PM / TPM roles Hey Blind Family, Current Status : Pursuing an MBA within finance and graduated with a bachelors in Computer Science. Full-Time Network Operations MGMT Engineer / Campus Ambassador. Eligible to work for any employer within the US and I do not need any sponsorship! Past Experience: I’ve done sever
- Is job search supposed to be this taxing? I'm a backend dev with 2.5 YoE in Java. I started my job search in October 2020 when Amazon sent me inmail on LinkedIn. I got on the leetcode grind and applied to several companies in the Bay Area while doing so. Finally finished interviewing with Amazon 2 weeks ago only to be rejected. Obviously, t
- Amazon New Grad EU, 1 month from submitting my OA3 and still nothing Hi everyone, So i finished my OA a month ago ( with perfect OA1 and OA2 scores, and did well on OA3 i believe ) for new grad position in a amazon EU office ( luxembourg ), recieved confirmation that i finished my OA minutes after that, from that moment, it's nothing. My application statue is still