MS Word as a skill on dev resumes, panic attacks in interview questions, applying for senior role with 1 YOE...
Dude applies as senior engineer to well known series C startup, no real experience but 1 year of making a weird web app with his brother, lists his experience as a line server at *Chipotle*, cites “major responsibility for ensuring portion control”. Also all the above qualities in the description. It was evil of us to actually bring that guy into the office and ask him a threading question..
i mean threading is something junior guys should have experience in right? but yeah i’m with you on the other points
I wouldnt even be mad at that Chiptole experience with that overly fluffed role. That's pretty funny actually.
Person put 2 weeks at Starbucks on their resume
I spend about 5 seconds scanning a resume so I can ask at least one question on something the candidate claims to be an expert on. The only real fails I see are where a fairly green candidate has a lot of things where they list themselves as an expert, and yet can’t back it up when I ask a basic question from my limited understanding of whatever topic. At that point I could pretty much walk out and write my feedback without knowing anything else.
Ask a non-frontend engineer 1 detail about that CSS. Ask a non backend engineer to write 1 SQL query. Whole world starts their experience with “well duh html/css and sql”.
I’m that FE engineer who had 5 database courses in college. I could write both CSS and SQL in my sleep 💤
Applying for a senior position isn't a bad thing. Most people know that level is decided after the interview. They are just trying to get an interview with the company.
last point it depends on the company. there’s a ton of title inflation going on at startups and senior there might just mean something like 120k. sure at top companies it’s a bit out there but i can see a few superstars being at that level in 2-3 years