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- Canceling subscriptions as a service. I'd pay $20 per cancelation if you can save my time. - Applying for jobs and getting a phone interview as a service. Th

- Canceling subscriptions as a service. I'd pay $20 per cancelation if you can save my time. - Applying for jobs and getting a phone interview as a service. The total number of applications and total rounds of interviews is too much. It's worth paying someone to do all this. Perhaps as a saas with an AI chatbot.

mbm 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback! What's the job interview process been like for you?
- nine_zeros 3y ago
  Hundreds of online applications, response only from 50% of them. Each response requires scheduling a phone call with the recruiter a few days out. After each recruiter call, there's a round of interview - either with a software engineer or with a hiring manager. Then some take home or such BS. Then an onsite with multiple rounds. -- The ideal interview as a service will take care of all the rounds prior to the onsite rounds.
  - mbm 3y ago
    Maybe as a sort of different way at looking at this, what if the hiring process had a different sort of architecture focused more on what you can do rather than arbitrary resume terms? First, you start by making a demo showcasing your skills. It has to be something web-accessible. Then, you use this demo as your application to jobs. You can also just submit your demo to a pool, and companies can review submissions to the pool, and contact you if they like it. Your work becomes the application, not your PDF.
austin-cheney 3y ago
I went through a lot of resume/application death this past year while I was laid off. I was at near 100% failure rate when applying for jobs directly even after accounting for my own personal bias knowing easy to hire means easy to fire. I did get some minor traction when going through a recruiter. So I stopped doing that. Another part of the problem is that I am a super experienced JavaScript developer who can write original high performance applications. Nobody wants that. It might be a valuable skill one day for founding a new company based around an amazing new software product, but employers don’t want that. In the world of JavaScript they want newbs that can put text on screen with React. What got me call backs and interviews at a high rate, even for remote jobs, was to throw my resume up on Dice job board and focus on three things: I have programming experience, a security clearance, and information security certifications.

mbm 3y ago

Thanks for the feedback! What's the job interview process been like for you?

nine_zeros 3y ago
Hundreds of online applications, response only from 50% of them. Each response requires scheduling a phone call with the recruiter a few days out. After each recruiter call, there's a round of interview - either with a software engineer or with a hiring manager. Then some take home or such BS. Then an onsite with multiple rounds. -- The ideal interview as a service will take care of all the rounds prior to the onsite rounds.
- mbm 3y ago
  Maybe as a sort of different way at looking at this, what if the hiring process had a different sort of architecture focused more on what you can do rather than arbitrary resume terms? First, you start by making a demo showcasing your skills. It has to be something web-accessible. Then, you use this demo as your application to jobs. You can also just submit your demo to a pool, and companies can review submissions to the pool, and contact you if they like it. Your work becomes the application, not your PDF.

austin-cheney 3y ago

I went through a lot of resume/application death this past year while I was laid off. I was at near 100% failure rate when applying for jobs directly even after accounting for my own personal bias knowing easy to hire means easy to fire. I did get some minor traction when going through a recruiter. So I stopped doing that. Another part of the problem is that I am a super experienced JavaScript developer who can write original high performance applications. Nobody wants that. It might be a valuable skill one day for founding a new company based around an amazing new software product, but employers don’t want that. In the world of JavaScript they want newbs that can put text on screen with React. What got me call backs and interviews at a high rate, even for remote jobs, was to throw my resume up on Dice job board and focus on three things: I have programming experience, a security clearance, and information security certifications.