I have interviewed with at least 25 companies since last September, half of which reached the last round (with an average of 6 rounds). But the only offer I received was so bad that the hourly salary was less than half of my previous internship. It all started when I couldn't get a return offer from my internship company because they were only taking the top 10% of performers. I worked 60-80 hours a week and finally made it into the top 10%, but got bumped down a level during VP-level performance calibration. Then my job search as a new grad began. I failed the final rounds of interviews at Robox, Scale AI, and Citadel, and got ghosted by recruiters from Circle. I thought I did well for Veeva, but they rejected me for no reason until I later found out from a Blind post that they were not hiring any ex-Meta interns, thinking they would jump ship. Duolingo canceled my onsite 2 days prior - luckily, I was able to keep their Uber eats voucher they gave me for the onsite day. I then received an offer from Netflix! But the recruiter took it back after finding out that I don't have either a US or Canadian passport, which means I would have to go through the H1B lottery(I have no OPT cuz I did uni in Canada). I could have worked remotely from Canada, but they didn't allow new grads to work remotely. Similar stories happened with Bloomberg, Lucid, etc. This was after going through their 6 rounds of brutal coding, technical, system design, and behavioral interviews. That's when I realized I could never get a job that doesn't support remote options, so my application options were narrowed down. Then came Brex. I read about their CEO's story and was so inspired, ready to work for them. Their recruiter sent out prep material for the interview, and I studied really hard over a couple of days and made all the starter codes ready. 12 HOURS before my final onsite interview, the recruiter called me to say that their headcount was full. My hope then turned to Affirm. I was told there were 4 new grad headcount openings in their 2000-employee company, down from the 12 taken by intern conversions. By the time of my final interview, it had gone down to 1. I did pretty well in the final round and thought, "Could this be the end"? Finally, the recruiter scheduled a call for me, through which she told me that the company had gone into a hiring freeze and no one was going to fill the 1 remaining headcount. Oh, I forgot to mention that I was promised the second round of Google's APM program, but never heard back, as they had stopped all APM hiring. Capital one took me out for dinner, but later took a MBA grad instead for the PM role. Skipping tens of similar cases and fast-forwarding to spring 2023, I started looking for internships, hoping I could convert them into full-time offers. I did an OA for Square and was told by previous Square interns that there were three rounds of interviews. But they added one extra round, for me after 2 months of interviewing. I thought I was going to receive an offer, as by this point, my interview skills were polished through approximately 50 technical screens and countless LeetCode problems in between. However, I was wrong. There was another HM round that didn't ask me any questions, just chatting, and I was rejected just minutes ago. Just when I think about how unlucky I can get, more difficulties come my way. I'm about to graduate in a few weeks, and the only offer I got is shit. I feel like I'm in a simulation game, traversing all the possibilities of getting rejected, and I wonder how many of them are still waiting for me on the path ahead. Sorry for seeing me rant :) #interviews #career #internship
Experienced software engineers are fighting for their jobs right now- shits gunna be rough. Are you only going after big names and big salaries?
I ain’t reading all that
Interviewed with 25+ companies, made it to final rounds but faced rejections, broken promises, and difficulties. Only low-paying offer received. Feeling discouraged after 8 months of intense job search. TC: 0, YOE: 0. There you go, a ChatGPT generated summary for you.
Wow chatgpt knows the TC and YOE summary is important
I am not reading all that but the market isn’t the best rn. Also if there’s anything I’ve learned interviewing, it’s about doing it the smart way and borderline cheating.
The individual has been through a challenging job search process, with multiple rejections and setbacks despite making it to the final rounds of interviews with several companies. They have interviewed with at least 25 companies since September, half of which reached the last round, but only received one poor offer. They were promised a second round of Google's APM program, but never heard back, and also faced challenges with remote work and visa restrictions. The individual is now graduating soon and feels discouraged after spending 8 months interviewing with no success. By ChatGPT
Good summary. I have a few years of exp and have been looking for around the same time as op if not longer. Also failed 10+ onsites with a few close calls or failing team matches. It sucks. Unless you have 5-7+ years it’s not small feat
That’s tough, hang in there. You’ll figure out work somewhere
Wow, that sucks. Hang in there, you will get something. You're clearly smart and a good programmer. Take the bad offer and keep looking.
Tough times.
Also h1b and remote makes no sense. Might as well hire you in your home country.
Nothing, it's a bad market.
My sympathies man!
India
8h
2233
Why is it so G*damn difficult to move money out of India
Cars
Yesterday
1467
Cyber truck killer: Chinese version of EV truck
Tech Industry
Yesterday
2818
I do tech screens at Google. AMA
India
Yesterday
845
Any Indians Think Kashmir Should be Independent?
AMA
Yesterday
2227
I have worked at TikTok US core tech for 3 years. AMA.
That’s a lot of feelings
sorry
Me too