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I've reached out via these forms to Stripe once. I wanted a change from a senior role at a faang. Got nothing at all. The best part is a Stripe recruiter then

I've reached out via these forms to Stripe once. I wanted a change from a senior role at a faang. Got nothing at all. The best part is a Stripe recruiter then contacted me over 6 months later on linkedin, apparently unaware of my application and I had to decline since I just started a new role in the meantime. A suggestion to recruiters. Find where the inbox for these applications goes. Clearly no one's checking.

dpifke 5y ago
Is this a structural issue with how recruiters are compensated? At many companies they have quotas or are paid bonuses based on how many candidates they source. I can imagine a policy whereby candidates that approach the company directly aren't counted as "sourced" by any particular recruiter.
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ianbutler 5y ago
So far out of all the forms I've filled out, Square is the only one who actually responded via the forms. It led to an offer which I turned down for other reasons but it did work that one time. Except for that offer, I get all of my jobs through boutique recruiting firms and some larger recruiting firms or connections.
tfehring 5y ago
For what it's worth, I've gotten a response to an application to Stripe specifically from applying through their website. No experience at FAANG or other high-profile companies. And I had previously applied for a different role (with no response) and the recruiter was aware of that. My impression is that the main issue is stale listings - you probably applied for an opening that they were effectively done reviewing applications for but hadn't taken down from their website. One recent user-hostile trend I've noticed in job application platforms (including Stripe's) is that they don't tell you when a listing was posted or updated. So you can't distinguish between an opening posted yesterday (that they're probably actively reviewing applications for) and one posted six months ago (that's almost certainly a black hole).

dpifke 5y ago

Is this a structural issue with how recruiters are compensated? At many companies they have quotas or are paid bonuses based on how many candidates they source. I can imagine a policy whereby candidates that approach the company directly aren't counted as "sourced" by any particular recruiter.

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ianbutler 5y ago

So far out of all the forms I've filled out, Square is the only one who actually responded via the forms. It led to an offer which I turned down for other reasons but it did work that one time. Except for that offer, I get all of my jobs through boutique recruiting firms and some larger recruiting firms or connections.

tfehring 5y ago

For what it's worth, I've gotten a response to an application to Stripe specifically from applying through their website. No experience at FAANG or other high-profile companies. And I had previously applied for a different role (with no response) and the recruiter was aware of that. My impression is that the main issue is stale listings - you probably applied for an opening that they were effectively done reviewing applications for but hadn't taken down from their website. One recent user-hostile trend I've noticed in job application platforms (including Stripe's) is that they don't tell you when a listing was posted or updated. So you can't distinguish between an opening posted yesterday (that they're probably actively reviewing applications for) and one posted six months ago (that's almost certainly a black hole).