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@jakebasile, Whether you take manyxcxi up on this or not; I think s/he is making a great suggestion here. 12 interviews and zero offers is a lot of interviews.
by bigtunacan 10y ago
@jakebasile, Whether you take manyxcxi up on this or not; I think s/he is making a great suggestion here. 12 interviews and zero offers is a lot of interviews. A few feedback style interviews with some candid feedback might do you some good. Technical skills aside it is possible you just are not interviewing well.
Also a couple of somewhat related questions.
1) How well are you at reading the interview outcome? Do you leave these interviews thinking you will be made an offer or do you leave with a pretty good idea that a no is coming your way?
2) Rather than waiting for a rejection and then asking "why not", have you tried asking for the "why not" during the actual interview? At the end of almost every interview someone will wrap it up saying something along the lines, "Do you have any more questions?" I have had plenty of candidates ask me (and I myself ask if I'm the candidate), "What do you think I could have done differently today to improve my chance of success with your organization?"
This is usually met with a more honest feedback than the ask after rejection for numerous reasons.
1) Less HR cover my ass BS; after the rejection companies are worried anything they say could be used to sue them.
2) More people in the room so you may get more than one perspective.
3) You haven't yet been rejected so you may also hear some positives; "Well you really impressed us on X, but you could focus more on Y." This can help you to play to your strengths in the future as well as areas you need to work on.
- jakebasile 10y agoYes, I've replied to them separately. I think it would be valuable as well. I gave up on trying to gauge the outcome of the interviews. Most of them I thought I did very well on, some above average, and a few I knew went poorly. All of them had the same outcome. One interview battery in particular stands out. I interviewed at least 6 times over two weeks, some 1:1, some 1:many. I interviewed with the team, an unrelated employee for a culture interview, the VP of engineering, and a C level exec. All felt great, all feedback from the recruiter was positive, but after everything was done I was told the position "wouldn't challenge me enough" or something similar. I was devastated. I have never thought about asking for interview feedback during the interview. That is a good idea.
- ams6110 10y agoAre you possibly aiming too low? I know that one thing that is a huge red flag for me is an apparently overqualified candidate.
- jakebasile 10y agoIt's tough to gauge, but the jobs I apply for seem right to me based on listed requirements, years of experience, etc.