I’ve worked at Dropbox for about a year. Last time I interviewed I had no problem getting past screenings and even getting offers. Now I sent my resume to about 5 companies. And I promptly received a “no thanks” from each. Meanwhile on blind I see lots of positive stories. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? TC 440K
ATS filtering out the resume?
Most tech companies don’t use ATS to filter resumes outside of “knock out” questions during the application like “will you require sponsorship” or “do you have at least 5 years of experience in Java?”
Exactly. Someone is almost certainly reviewing the resumes but the average resume gets less than 5 seconds of time being viewed iirc, so if you don't have it written out well with relevant subjects or keywords, you're probably going to get passed on.
I had similar experience with some small startups/companies
You answered your question. Nothing your doing wrong, the current job market is much much worse than a year ago. A few posts about people getting offers doesn’t mean anything. There are 10x as many posts like yours about getting rejected than people getting offers.
Blind is full of fakes. None of the "success" posts can be verified. Don't trust them. Reality is that market is very though now.
There are too many people applying to too few jobs.
Bro, just like you, i’m trying to GTFO of Dropbox. Good luck to both of us. I have a FAANG interview lined up. Maybe I was lucky. Don’t give up hope.
What's wrong with Dropbox?
A lot. Middle management is inexperienced and full of people who are highly paid secretaries than actual managers. Leadership has no idea where to invest or how to make our products better. Our turnover rate is very high for execs. Perks are getting cut. ICs are being asked to work harder to deliver stupid projects. Our documentation sucks. Our codebase is mostly python. Our tooling is mostly in-house and has fallen behind commercial alternatives. Simple things like finding production logs is a painful experience. My team still can’t figure out how to make oncall better. I could go on and on. Avoid this place.
Being able to get ahold of a recruiter or HM will really help your chances right now - there’s just so many applicants to each posting.
440k tc. Just chill bro 😎. Market is annoying right now.
I just got one from Dropbox haha. I also got one from a direct competitor from what I work on now. Like wtf I’m exactly who they should talk to and they send me the same bullshit blanket rejection.
It’s okay Dropbox take home assignment is annoying to complete. You saved yourself 2 hours.
Don’t believe blind.
Thanks