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Are you saying that anyone in your interview loop took time to read your blog posts? And it wasn’t just you passing the standard interview process like everyone

Are you saying that anyone in your interview loop took time to read your blog posts? And it wasn’t just you passing the standard interview process like everyone else has to do.

samrus 2y ago
I read it as them being approached by faang recruiters or hiring managers because they happened to stumble upon their blog and thought they might be a good fit. Although idk if that sort of thing happens anymore
- scarface_74 2y ago
  FAANG recruiters are dumb and not selective. They definitely don’t look at blog posts. - a recruiter from Amazon Retail reached out to me about an SDE 3 (L6) position when I had nothing on my LinkedIn profile aside from a bunch of CRUD jobs on my profile. I - After talking to the recruiter, they suggested I apply for a remote role at AWS Professional Services which I did get. Funny enough, I had two recruiters reach out to me from Amazon on LinkedIn while I was - working at Amazon and it was on my profile. - I had a recruiter from Google reach out to me while I was at Amazon for an Engineering Manager position. The problem is, my current position wasn’t even a software developer on my profile and I had no management experience. - a recruiter from Meta hounded me for months about a senior position as a developer specializing in AI. Did I mention that my most recent role at the time wasn’t as a software developer and I had no AI experience? - Even before working at Amazon, recruiters from Netflix reached out to me. No I wouldn’t have had any chance passing the interview Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. I still get recruiters from BigTech reaching out to me about software development positions even though for the past five years my profile clearly shows a pivot to cloud consulting and customer engagement.
  - janalsncm 2y ago
    > Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. The purpose of the tech blog isn’t to impress recruiters because as you say they are impressed if you mention drinking a cup of java once or have a pet python. The primary purpose is for your own understanding. The secondary purpose is to impress someone familiar with your field.
- InsideOutSanta 2y ago
  People inside the company (not recruiters) read my blog and started the recruiting process.
harvey9 2y ago
I've had interviewers talk to me about my personal site, but it's on my resume so it's not like they had to search.
- JustExAWS 2y ago
  They said at BigTech companies where the interview process is very regimented and the interviewer at most has an hour and comes in with a known set of questions.
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    strange to think there are more than just BigCo out there, huh?
    - scarface_74 2y ago
      Yes but the parent commenter said. > Writing a blog relatively regularly got me job offers from FAANG companies.
      - johnnyanmac 2y ago
        okay. And BigCo wasn't always bigco, right? It shouldn't be a surpise many in this community may have experiences going back 15,20,30+ years in a completely different tech landscape. I envy that, but what can you do?
        scarface_74 2y ago
        I’m still not following you. The commenter said that they got an offer at a FAANG because of a blog. That’s just not how things work at FAANG. There is a regimented process with multiple interviews and then after the interviews, all of the interviewers enter their notes and discuss. I can’t imagine anyone in the loop saying “I read their blog post and they should be hired”. Hiring is completely about some combination of how the candidate did on coding, system design and behavioral interviews. In 2010 (15 years ago), all of the current FAANG companies were already large except Meta and it was growing rapidly. In 2005 (20 years ago), how many people were blogging? 20 years ago, the interview process was even more esoteric than it is today at least at Google. I haven’t heard stories about any of the others Yes I was around back then.
InsideOutSanta 2y ago
Someone at the company read my blog, asked me if I was interested in a job on their team, and initiated the hiring process if I said yes.

Are you saying that anyone in your interview loop took time to read your blog posts? And it wasn’t just you passing the standard interview process like everyone else has to do.

samrus 2y ago

I read it as them being approached by faang recruiters or hiring managers because they happened to stumble upon their blog and thought they might be a good fit. Although idk if that sort of thing happens anymore

scarface_74 2y ago
FAANG recruiters are dumb and not selective. They definitely don’t look at blog posts. - a recruiter from Amazon Retail reached out to me about an SDE 3 (L6) position when I had nothing on my LinkedIn profile aside from a bunch of CRUD jobs on my profile. I - After talking to the recruiter, they suggested I apply for a remote role at AWS Professional Services which I did get. Funny enough, I had two recruiters reach out to me from Amazon on LinkedIn while I was - working at Amazon and it was on my profile. - I had a recruiter from Google reach out to me while I was at Amazon for an Engineering Manager position. The problem is, my current position wasn’t even a software developer on my profile and I had no management experience. - a recruiter from Meta hounded me for months about a senior position as a developer specializing in AI. Did I mention that my most recent role at the time wasn’t as a software developer and I had no AI experience? - Even before working at Amazon, recruiters from Netflix reached out to me. No I wouldn’t have had any chance passing the interview Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. I still get recruiters from BigTech reaching out to me about software development positions even though for the past five years my profile clearly shows a pivot to cloud consulting and customer engagement.
- janalsncm 2y ago
  > Recruiters - even at BigTech reach out to anyone with a pulse. The purpose of the tech blog isn’t to impress recruiters because as you say they are impressed if you mention drinking a cup of java once or have a pet python. The primary purpose is for your own understanding. The secondary purpose is to impress someone familiar with your field.
InsideOutSanta 2y ago
People inside the company (not recruiters) read my blog and started the recruiting process.

harvey9 2y ago

I've had interviewers talk to me about my personal site, but it's on my resume so it's not like they had to search.

JustExAWS 2y ago
They said at BigTech companies where the interview process is very regimented and the interviewer at most has an hour and comes in with a known set of questions.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  strange to think there are more than just BigCo out there, huh?
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    Yes but the parent commenter said. > Writing a blog relatively regularly got me job offers from FAANG companies.
    - johnnyanmac 2y ago
      okay. And BigCo wasn't always bigco, right? It shouldn't be a surpise many in this community may have experiences going back 15,20,30+ years in a completely different tech landscape. I envy that, but what can you do?
      - scarface_74 2y ago
        I’m still not following you. The commenter said that they got an offer at a FAANG because of a blog. That’s just not how things work at FAANG. There is a regimented process with multiple interviews and then after the interviews, all of the interviewers enter their notes and discuss. I can’t imagine anyone in the loop saying “I read their blog post and they should be hired”. Hiring is completely about some combination of how the candidate did on coding, system design and behavioral interviews. In 2010 (15 years ago), all of the current FAANG companies were already large except Meta and it was growing rapidly. In 2005 (20 years ago), how many people were blogging? 20 years ago, the interview process was even more esoteric than it is today at least at Google. I haven’t heard stories about any of the others Yes I was around back then.

InsideOutSanta 2y ago

Someone at the company read my blog, asked me if I was interested in a job on their team, and initiated the hiring process if I said yes.