Guys need some help here. I am a hardware engineer , I happen to be performing quite well in most of the onsites I attend (apple nvidia MS amazon etc) but for what ever reason I end up not being provided an offer. I really have no feedback regarding what may be missing in my package but I do notice the interviewers seem happy when I answer them their questions (or they are meant to behave that way with everyone) and end up getting rejected with an email saying they found someone better . I have 5 years of exp and am into design verification. Any suggestions to improve my interview chops and land a job .
I didn't have explicit behavioural interviews except amazon . any general points to consider here.
Difficult to pin point but if you are technically doing good, there may be some red flags in behavioral. For example: tell me a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker. It's a famous question. Make sure you answer in STAR format. Also don't use red flag like blaming the colleague. Conflict should be more like work related and should be resolved using data/statistics/pilot etc.
Don't lose hope.
Puh... I have 20 years of experience, successfully accomplished big projects in the past and have a PhD. I can't find a job for more than a year. So relax, you are fine. The hiring market has become a dating site, everybody is looking for Unicorns. Besides being able to do your job, you must show that you are eager to work 80 hours a week for free, because you love your job, and can entertain your boss with singing and dancing.
What is your area?
Nicely put. I also see hiring managers preferring referrals rather than portal. How you get introduced to the HM and by whom also matters and determines the level of difficulty.
Tech Recruiter here. I focus mainly on hardware and manufacturing. Would be happy to help - DM me
Happened the same with me for a while, didn’t understand what’s going wrong, I was getting calls, going onsite, getting rejected. Then I started logging every second of interview immediately after it. I recorder my interview phone calls. for on-site interviews, i went straight back to hotel room and logged every round, every question of my interview. I helped understand where I going wrong. In 2 months, I had offers to choose from. Good luck!
This is the best advice. I didn't record phone interviews as I wasn't sure if that's legal. I did take good notes afterwards and think hard and write down how I'd improve my answers if I had more time. This helped me go from phone screens, to on sites, to getting offers. It's also easier to get feedback from others if you have some sort of log. Otherwise everyone here can only speculate which won't help you much.
What short comings did you notice after doing this exercise? And how did you overcome this?
Your problem is that hardware jobs are not growing like other fields
No, OP is getting interviews so there are matching jobs out there. Just not passing the interview.
Not really. If he was only applicant, he would get offers from all interviews. That happened to me in year 2000 when there was a huge shortage of engineers. I got six offers for six interviews for hardware positions
I think you need to change your mind set. If you're not getting offers then you're not performing well in the interviews. By definition. Try to be honest and even harsh on yourself - did you really do well on the question, or was the interviewer trying to avoid awkwardness and just get out of there?
Listen Carla Harris TED talk. Merit based system (work hard to be better) is a myth. Only connections matter in the US corporate world.
I'm not going to argue that the corporate world is a meritocracy. For sure politics and communication style and all those things matter a lot. But at the same time "oh everyone is already decided and just looking to hire their friends" is an excuse. Maybe a few of your interviews will be weird situations where you have no chance but most interviews are real. Hiring managers and interviewers are not looking to waste hours talking to people who won't get hired.
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How do you do in behavioral interview? May be it's not technical.