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no company is going to say.. wow facebook made you and offer work for us instead right now. I've interviewed hundreds of people and the biggest question is usu
by hijinks 10y ago
no company is going to say.. wow facebook made you and offer work for us instead right now.
I've interviewed hundreds of people and the biggest question is usually "Do you want to work with this person?" The interview process is more about how well the team thinks you'd work with them and not so much on your tech skills.
- ohyoutravel 10y agoThis is a totally reasonable comment. I definitely wouldn't expect one company to make me an offer just because another did, but I feel like, maybe incorrectly, having an offer in hand could potentially be persuasive to the other company to at least give me a shot. I guess I'm more asking: Is there a standard way to get in touch with another company to try to at least use the first offer to get my foot in the door and (hopefully) avoid the super rigorous tech interviews in lieu of fit interviews?
- duiker101 10y agoI think the answer you are looking for is "No."
- hijinks 10y agono that's just a stupid idea anyway. If someone came to me with an offer I'd wonder how crazy and/or stupid this person is and just say good luck at company X.
- imauld 10y agoYou: I've been offered a spot @ FB/Apple/Google etc. Our Recruiter: Neat, half of engineers have worked @ one of those places. So our tech screen process is...