Hi everyone, first time post. Would like to ask if anyone had the same situation like me? I interviewed at LinkedIn and have already got “unfortunately” email from recruiter. But my recruiter kept saying there is no specifics for feedback. Just said HC had carefully considered my candidacy and decided not to move forward. I asked my friends who interviewed with LinkedIn and they all got more or less concrete feedbacks (like design was not strong..etc) on why they got rejected. Due to some personal reason, I moved to a small company recently but really don’t like it so decided to come back on interview track again. During the interview, I lied that I was still with PayPal until one interviewer came to my LinkedIn profile and found I wasn’t with PayPal any more (stupid that I updated my profile...). But he just mentioned it a bit and didn’t talk more about it. Not sure if the whole hiring team rejected me due to this mistake :( I did well (who knows...) in all rounds. At least I think I was closed to that point. If they reject me not because of I lied, i think it should be okay to give me a concrete reason. I am confused… Any thought here? BTW, I have another interview (one of FLG) coming. How should I handle it so that people won’t consider me as a short time player? Thanks blinders!
Defending for being a short time player is easier than defending for being a liar. So you decide. My LinkedIn feedback was very descriptive
Thanks for the tips! I hope that I was rejected not because of that :(
Could be many reasons. How long did you wait to get the email after the interview?
Around 4 business days
Don't lie, it is ok to be in a short period, happens all the time. But lie is very bad. Particularly, where u r. I am sorry, u r so stupid to lie. I am not able to digest. If u was hiring manager, why would ever believe you. Insanity. Remeber, tech industry in silicon valley is small. You never know when LL you see them again.
Makes a lot sense
Atleast, if you lie, make sure nobody can find out that easily 😝😝
That was the stupid part…this is enough for them to reject. No need for them to go for an interview lol
It’s okay. Mistakes happen. Don’t think too much on that. Move on and make sure to not to do that again
I had similar experience with LinkedIn interviews and I did pretty well too. Unlike your case, I did not cover up anything. I fail to understand what went wrong. In one of the rounds the hiring manager mentioned my experience might not be a great fit for the position they are interviewing for. I thought that might have been the reason. I got a one line feedback.
Think it depends on the recruiter. I got a one line feedback as well.. something like "my technical skills were not up to par" but my friend who referred me got back to me with the complete feedback. Apparently the technical rounds were fine, but they have an extra "Software Craftsmanship" round for senior staff candidates - which did not go well..
I wonder why can’t they share that feedback!
How do they evaluate software craftsmanship? During the coding round or design?
My money is on the caught lie. Hope it was a lesson for you.
Agree . NEVER lie again, and this is a big lie
I got a good feed back that concern was around design , and I did very well on coding and tech communication
Basically not doing well in one round is good enough to not getting offer?
2 design rounds
Let it go, that’s all I can say. Perhaps that was the case. I didn’t get very concrete feedback. I was told about the results of each round like I did well but missed a couple bugs or concern cases, and they were looking for more senior candidates. Let this go. Facebook recruiter gave me very detail feedback though. For the short-time player, I don’t know what your personal reasons are. It could be a cultural fit, perhaps you felt threaten, or you were rejected by a coworker you like, or you have some new obligations to fulfill outside of work. Evaluate what will kill your chance and what won’t. If you are leaving because of romantic relationship, better not reveal that. Just tell them something nicer. Don’t make up stuff like “someone close to me died and I am stressed”. Instead of focusing on short-time, try to round up that conversation as soon as possible and emphasize on what you learned there. Here is my hypothetical example; “The company’s work is really interesting. I had a high hope for making impacts there. I always believe that there is always work to do, bugs to be fixed, better implementations, better process. Miscommunication or even just lax in process are not exclusively a startup thing, you know, I worked at X company, a well-established company, but she was not immune from technical debts either. But at this Y company, the chaos was just unbearabe to me. There was not much inter-team communication. Teammates seem to be absent and rarely seen onsite. You know, I do wfh from time to time and I think that’s a great perk. But when I needed help, I often find myself going through Confluence and our Slack room history. There are other problematic practices at work. My manager is supportive, but he seems to be powerless. This isolation is so widespread across the company, I just, I think my career and my health would be ruined if I stay there for too long. I did learn some new technology. I think I am better at searching on Confluence now :) I heard good things about your work culture. To me, team work leads to success. When I can get on a video call or draw something on a whiteboard with my colleagues, solve an architectural problem and what not. i feel like back in school, making friends and enjoying each other’s company. Knowledge sharing. That’s what I like about working with people. I don’t want to talk to four walls every day for money. I need to be happy. Here I am, talking to a human :)”
Thanks!
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