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I do coding interviews 2-3x/week for a private, but large company. We do not lack candidates, but we lack qualified candidates. Most people that I interview ha

by m00x 2y ago

I do coding interviews 2-3x/week for a private, but large company. We do not lack candidates, but we lack qualified candidates. Most people that I interview have no clue how software actually works. Most are leetcode monkeys or just really awful. We mostly hire seniors because of the industry we're in, but we've started hiring interns and juniors due to the lack of decent candidates. We'd love to hire US candidates, but there's just a huge lack.

throwaway2037 2y ago
If this true, why doesn't FAANG have the same problems? I noticed that your post did not discuss any of the negatives about your company or its offers. When I have struggled in the past to hire, it is always because my company or its offers were pathetic. Pretty simple. If your company or offers are weak, then your candidate pipeline will (likely) be weak.
- m00x 2y ago
  Plenty of candidates, just not many that are good. We're fintech, so it's boring. We don't do AI and we don't move fast and break things because that would cost us more than we'd make. We just move faster than the competition. Similar companies would be Stripe/SoFi.
ponector 2y ago
Decent candidates have more opportunities. Decent candidates have already a decent job. Why should they apply to your company?
alecco 2y ago
The majority look for leetcode monkeys more than experience. I gave up applying because of that.
mrep 2y ago
From your other comment, you pay $400-700k for L4-L6. Since your company is private what percent of that is liquid (cash or RSUs you can immediately sell for cash). Also, what locations are you hiring in? Cause, if you are asking me to move to the outrageous housing market that is the bay area only to make half my money in shitty stock options that might not evaluate to anything, than I think I found your problem.
- m00x 2y ago
  SF/Seattle/Chicago We pay $400k base + bonus for L6, but around $270k for L4 RSUs bump that to $400k on the low end for L4 and $700k for L6. We don't pay FAANG level for sure, but the bar is lower.
  - mrep 2y ago
    That's pretty good. Can you liquidate those RSUs for cash? If so I'd be interested in possibly applying as I'm in Chicago where housing isn't outrageous. If not it could still be tempting depending on the company and what I think of it.

by m00x 2y ago

throwaway2037 2y ago

If this true, why doesn't FAANG have the same problems? I noticed that your post did not discuss any of the negatives about your company or its offers. When I have struggled in the past to hire, it is always because my company or its offers were pathetic. Pretty simple. If your company or offers are weak, then your candidate pipeline will (likely) be weak.

m00x 2y ago
Plenty of candidates, just not many that are good. We're fintech, so it's boring. We don't do AI and we don't move fast and break things because that would cost us more than we'd make. We just move faster than the competition. Similar companies would be Stripe/SoFi.

ponector 2y ago

Decent candidates have more opportunities. Decent candidates have already a decent job. Why should they apply to your company?

alecco 2y ago

The majority look for leetcode monkeys more than experience. I gave up applying because of that.

mrep 2y ago

From your other comment, you pay $400-700k for L4-L6. Since your company is private what percent of that is liquid (cash or RSUs you can immediately sell for cash). Also, what locations are you hiring in? Cause, if you are asking me to move to the outrageous housing market that is the bay area only to make half my money in shitty stock options that might not evaluate to anything, than I think I found your problem.

m00x 2y ago
SF/Seattle/Chicago We pay $400k base + bonus for L6, but around $270k for L4 RSUs bump that to $400k on the low end for L4 and $700k for L6. We don't pay FAANG level for sure, but the bar is lower.
- mrep 2y ago
  That's pretty good. Can you liquidate those RSUs for cash? If so I'd be interested in possibly applying as I'm in Chicago where housing isn't outrageous. If not it could still be tempting depending on the company and what I think of it.