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I work in the technology sector in NY (Web, not programming), and never really had trouble getting interviewed. Based on personal experience, I get offered the job within the week of initial contact, two weeks tops.
If you're in tech, do you find my interview/hiring process experience similar to yours?
I work in the technology sector in NY (Web, not programming), and never really had trouble getting interviewed. Based on personal experience, I get offered the job within the week of initial contact, two weeks tops.
If you're in tech, do you find my interview/hiring process experience similar to yours?
The job market in NYC is ridiculous good for IT at the moment.
I am a Software Engineer in NYC, I usually get offers in 1-3 weeks from initial contact, the larger the company the longer it takes. I tend to get an offer for nearly every job I interview for. All of the competent engineers I know experience the same.
I believe this is due to high demand and bad supply.
I've never gotten/taken a job that went more than 2 hours after the interview.
IT folks generally when they see someone they want.. Pull the trigger. If there's not an HR department involved.
I certainly think my experience is unusual, even in the IT field.. But, it's my experience.
This past job, I made it a couple of miles down the road when they asked me to turn around and start immediately. The only reason they let me walk out the door without an offer was to check references.
There have been a couple that have called back after a week or two with an offer (Charter Communications being one) that I've declined.
My current job, a little more than 3 weeks lapsed between my interview & the verbal offer. They had a pretty good idea they wanted to hire me, but I was the 2nd interview and they had a few more candidates they wanted to interview. Then, once the last one was interviewed, they had to deal with the logistics of scheduling the 14 interviewers/hiring committee to sit down and come to agreement.
I'm a computer engineer in Seattle where demand is high, but generally supply is also pretty good. I think the longest between interview and offer was a day. The fastest was a guy that called and wanted me to start Monday. He didn't ask me a single interview question, which didn't seem that odd since I had worked there before in a different team. I figured he must have talked to my old boss since it was obvious from my resume what projects I had worked on, and I knew my old boss would give me a glowing recommendation. However when I got there and he was showing me around, he was completely taken aback at the number of people who greeted me and welcomed me back. He had no idea I'd worked there before! I was completely taken aback at his approach to hiring, but he somehow hit the jackpot. I had the exact skillset he needed and was up and running before most new people could've figured out their email. Turns out that's just how he was - lucky. The guy could fall into a sewer and find a bag of money. I've never worked for anyone else remotely like him, but to this day he was my favorite boss. Not sure if that actually qualifies as an 'interview'.
The job market in NYC is ridiculous good for IT at the moment.
I am a Software Engineer in NYC, I usually get offers in 1-3 weeks from initial contact, the larger the company the longer it takes. I tend to get an offer for nearly every job I interview for. All of the competent engineers I know experience the same.
I believe this is due to high demand and bad supply.
This is exactly how it is for me. If three weeks goes by without contact, I've forgotten about the interview. One week without contact, I know they didn't like me. If there's no HR involved, it's almost instant.
@Labonte18 - Me too, if they ask too much questions that's not IT related, let's say 60% concerns "how did you handle the most difficult task you encountered", I know I'm not going to work there. But if they approach me with a question like "I hate that I can't find the problem with this meta tag issue, is this a bug, what do you think?", it doesn't bother me it takes 2 hours to interview.
@Wry_Martini - That's pretty nice of them to interview others, as per my experience, they just cut everyone off once they find "the one" or even "he seems good". How do you say they had "pretty good idea" they wanted to hire you? Did they seem happy with your skills or your fit into the company culture?
@Kayela - I think that most IT managers don't bother with recommendations, the once with actual IT skills/background anyway. Most important is skillset... That and you don't sound like a jerk during the interview.
I am trying to keep this thread updated for the benefit of tech people who are new to the industry, as all of you know, Technology hiring is very different than most hiring processes, as most of us have have very diverse skillsets.
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