Side note: what the hell kinda George Costanza level lies are you people telling to get hired in this market? 17 years of experience with AI? It's 17 years of experience with AI isn't it.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

"I want to work here in particular."

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 38 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Send a CV
Never hear back
....success???

[–] Airfried@piefed.social 5 points 3 hours ago

That's the default in Germany in every single branch and I hate it. You won't hear back from 4/5 applications.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 17 points 7 hours ago

cat your_glorious_cv.md > /dev/null

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 40 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget to add the assignments that take days.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 2 points 37 minutes ago

I don't mind the assignments if they aren't too big. If they are, which is quite rare, I just tell them it is too big.

Rather have an assignment than some stupid live coding meeting.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Last time a prospective employer tried to give me an assignment, I just flat out told them I wasn't going to do it.

I've been happily employed by them for almost four years now.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I was, for quite some time, a hiring manager in some capacity or another. I HAD to administer take home assignments. I couldn't get the C-Suite to see the folly, and even our CIO a developer themselves raised through the ranks wouldn't even bother trying though he detested them.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

C-Suite […] folly

No need to name them twice!

[–] john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How did you tell them no? Just straight out?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

I tried to find the email about it, if it was indeed an email where I expressed myself, but to no avail. It was pretty late in the process and there was clear pressure from both sides to complete the process, which I think worked in my favor, alongside my strong references and decades-long career.

[–] reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I ghosted an interview for that. They send me a link to login to their platform and do some tasks. I just didn't do the interview.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

You could always say "no" and then see if it turns into an opportunity. Honest communication can open more doors than you might expect.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 35 points 11 hours ago

was devestated after receiving a rejection email right before my sixth round