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I started applying to some Elixir jobs and have gotten a ton of screening rejections. I haven’t written it before but I have done a little Erlang, albeit not pr
by the_only_law 5y ago
I started applying to some Elixir jobs and have gotten a ton of screening rejections. I haven’t written it before but I have done a little Erlang, albeit not professionally.
- brailsafe 5y agoHow are these screens performed? I'm noticing the same thing with other stacks.
- gentleman11 5y agoI got turned down for having no .net experience, although I listed c# work on my resume and talked about it in the interview. Those keywords/ buzzwords/checklists will bite you
- lostcolony 5y agoYeah, but is that any different than the number of rejections when applying to jobs with languages you -do- list? Everyone has an overaggressive filter based on idiot heuristics; it's just the nature of software interviewing in this day and age.
- arthurcolle 5y agoI mean, you can't fault them for testing you on something you want to use in a job professionally, right?
- strzibny 5y agoYou can. Most professions are not being tested this way. If you have education in the field + a lot of real experience, there is no reason to give someone a programming exercise.
- strzibny 5y agoI don't know why the downvote, but I talk from experience. I was hired this way (chat in a coffee shop), and I never required it when I was hiring...
- the_only_law 5y agoI’m not getting tested in anything. I meant screened out at the ATS level.
- peterbonney 5y agoIf you’re on the job hunt and you’re interested in Elixir, I can guarantee we won’t reject you through an automated resume screen (I think they’re terrible and we don’t use them :). My email is in my HN profile - feel free to reach out!
- newtoelixir 5y agoThank you! Automated screening is incredibly rude. Imagine if candidates started writing resumes/cover letters using AI. How would companies feel?