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What's Happening with IT Hiring?
I'm referring to the process itself—why is it so difficult to find a job at American and European companies, even a remote one?
- dhux 2mo agoThe market has definitely changed, but I don't think it's worse. I'm currently looking for a new challenge and have had no issues getting interviews; only the overall volume has decreased. I've noticed companies aren't focusing as much on specific technologies. It likely hurts your chances if your resume positions you strictly as a "<insert language, framework> developer or engineer". For years, I've advised my peers to stop fixating on the stack and to look at the bigger picture. A solid engineer should be able to pick up a new language in a few hours or jump into an unfamiliar architecture quickly.
- hannibalevit 2mo agoI completely agree—you can't rely solely on specific languages or skills. But I’m talking more about the growing trend in hiring: multi-page forms in “Easy Apply” that were supposed to make applying easier, not harder; cookie-cutter email responses (the standard four paragraphs); ATS; cover letters that no one reads; requests for personal websites, publications in major online media, and so on. It’s as if no one is actually trying to figure out what kind of professional you really are. They screen you based on your social media profiles using various metrics. Now almost all companies do this, even though it used to be relevant only for large corporations that needed to understand, for example, your social engagement and reputation. But now I see small firms doing the exact same thing for no good reason.)
- wojciii 2mo ago> A solid engineer should be able to pick up a new language in a few hours or jump into an unfamiliar architecture quickly. I don't see that hiring responsible are looking for intelligent developers. They, in my opinion, have always been looking for exact experience with specific technology and any arguments that you are able to quickly learn something are ignored and overruled by some other candidate having the exact experience they need.
- waqasai123 2mo ago[flagged]
- iExploder 2mo agoI would say hiring is picking up now at least in europe. partially driven by re-arming and deep tech efforts. think we gonna see a lot of AI interviews very soon, which I think is a bit meh, but probably better than what we had before with grinding leetcode, which is a complete waste of time.
- hannibalevit 2mo agoalready - I mean AI decoders on screening etc\.
- iExploder 2mo agoright, but what I mean more specifically is AI assisted or conducted interviews and specifically in the EU, which is notoriously behind US on tech adoption.
- brazukadev 2mo agoWhy are you using AI to ask? That is exactly what is happening with IT hiring.
- hannibalevit 2mo agoare you about "—"? ma bad, you catch me)
- HenryBemis 2mo ago*caught me if you can't speak or write well, that's probably a good reason. I have rejected multiple CVs lately because the got so much generic/meaningless word salad, that I genuinely don't know what the hell these people are doing on their current job. Perhaps make the CVs more human(?!), stick to 4-5 bullet-points per job and try to describe in simple non-BS language.
- hannibalevit 2mo ago[dead]
- brazukadev 2mo agobro this is an AI bot that intentionally posted a message with grammatical errors to pretend it is not a LLM.
- hannibalevit 2mo agolol, that's not part of my instructions
- HenryBemis 2mo ago> even a remote one I would say "especially a remote one". I think those days are gone. I see the 60 office-40 home being prevalent, and the 40% is more like a favor to you/us rather than 'work life balance'.
- hannibalevit 2mo agothat's right, I see hybrid positions quite often