HubSpot screening

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andorino

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andorino
Apr 20 10 Comments

Applied for a senior SE role @hubspot that I felt I was absolutely perfect for and got the canned “no thanks” e-mail a day after. I was expecting to at least get invited to do the code challenge since it seems like anyone with a pulse is given that. Anything in specific I should keep in mind if I look at other opportunities there?

Just because people will ask…
10 YOE $100k

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  • Uber
    Daraemon

    Go to company page Uber

    Daraemon
    Just move on and keep applying
    Apr 21 0
  • Zendesk
    KulStory

    Go to company page Zendesk

    KulStory
    Are you in Boston?

    If so, judging by your yoe and TC they were likely not impressed with the companies you worked at? Sometimes they may be looking with experience at scale which you might not get at a smaller company.

    If not maybe don't list locations on your resume/application. Even if they say they're remote friendly they may get enough applicants local to Boston to prefer them.

    There's also always the chance that they filled the role. Also I wouldn't assume that anyone would get a code challenge interview, entry level and Sr eng positions get hundreds of applicants so you have to filter them down somehow.
    Apr 20 3
    • Zendesk
      KulStory

      Go to company page Zendesk

      KulStory
      It would be interesting to see if simply leaving that off of your resume yields better results.
      Apr 20
    • New
      andorino

      New

      andorino
      OP
      Perhaps! I’m not actively looking — just applied on a lark. Integrating hubspot with one of our products and really like their api and platform design, just started as a “what sort of things are they hiring for?” scenario
      Apr 20
  • New / Eng
    tinyb0dega

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    Design-oriented front-end engineer.
     tinyb0dega
    did you get to HR screen or did you get a no just from submitting your application?

    10 yrs and $100k makes me think you’re in a similar position as me. Agency? Or smaller regional company?

    I think the bar for “senior” is much higher when you get into bigger companies. I didn’t make it past the HR screen for Coinbase and I *think* it was because of the lack of experience on much larger scale products.
    Apr 20 2
    • New
      andorino

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      andorino
      OP
      “No thanks” just based off resume and a cover letter tailored to the position that highlighted how my experience and recent projects were very well suited to the focus of the role. At a small startup now.
      Apr 20
    • New / Eng
      tinyb0dega

      New Eng

      BIO
      Design-oriented front-end engineer.
       tinyb0dega
      Super common. Friend of mine at Microsoft said they literally get more than 1,000 resumes sometimes for one opening.

      In the past 10 months I’ve applied to 17 places. Interviewed at 7 of them. 6 of those were from referrals. The only one I applied to cold, had a spot on the application asking about other interviews or offers. I was interviewing with square at the time so I think that’s the only reason I got an interview.

      tl;dr Focus on getting referrals, not in fine tuning your resume.
      Apr 20
  • I swear it doesnt make sense how these companies choose to recruit. I'm at 2 YOE and I just accepted an offer for SSE1 at Hubspot.

    I was the opposite of your sentiment, I was confident they'd deny me immediately or during one of the interviews. Instead I got an offer, I'd love to get more insight into the logic behind their decisions, if there even is any
    Apr 20 1