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by zach_garwood 1264 days ago
My recent experience lines up with the article's stated average of three months. But I would hardly call that "quick". I did close to 50 interviews, and some companies' processes took nearly a month, only to lead to a rejection without feedback.
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chasd00 1264 days ago
When i was hired at my last job i made a phone call to a higher up that ended with "yeah we'd love to have you, consider yourself hired. We just need to work through the process". Even then, it was 30 days until an offer letter and start date was in my inbox. If you're starting from scratch then 2-3 months sounds about right to me.
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ryandrake 1264 days ago
The speed of the process seems to depend entirely on the company, and it has nothing to do with how weak or strong the hiring market is. We've all heard stories about you-know-who in FAANG who's notorious for taking months and months to go through the process.

I once applied for a really interesting incubator-within-telcom-giant role, which I thought would be a cool and unique experience. First red flag was it took about a month to just set up a phone interview, but I dealt with it because of how unique the role sounded. Then, after about two months, they flew me down to San Antonio for the onsite. They informally told me "You're a great match, we're going to get our ducks in a row and then call you with next steps!" Then... ghosted. After a few months, I gave up and found a different job. Moved my family across the country, signed the rental lease, and so on. Then, out of the blue, about a year after that initial interview, that telcom called me back with "Hi, [candidate], I'm calling to schedule a second interview for that [incubator] role. When would work for you?"

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pascalxus 1263 days ago
I'm not a big fan of using 3rd party recruiters. but, one advantage of using those is that they do a great of job of lighting a fire under the buts of all those HR folks. They find a way to create FOMO in the hiring manager and their HR process. this sometimes, greatly increases the speed of the hiring, at least in the bay area.
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ghaff 1264 days ago
In my current role, which I've been in for quite some time at a tech company but not a developer, it was similar. Called someone (very) higher up I knew and, as far as I know, the whole process went smoothly but it still took a couple months with travel schedules etc.
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autotune 1264 days ago
Took a whole two weeks or so to go from reaching out to recruiter to offer letter with the current org. Coincidentally, I am now making more here than I have in any previous role while living in a MCOL area.
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okdood64 1264 days ago
> without feedback

Beyond a simple rejection, never expect any feedback; just move on.

I've only ever gotten real feedback once (from Square) many years ago.

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