| > it changes immensely based on the job market. I dodged the .com bust because I worked for the U.S. DoD at the time. But I got laid off for the first time during last year's "15% bloodbath". If I compare my current job search vs. all of my job searches in the past: (1) As parent comment said, the bar seems to be much higher. I've thought that I did really well on some interviews, only to not get an offer. (2) Some interview processes are way more rigorous. For a DevTech role within nVidia, I had 12 interviews + 2 take-home problems. (BTW, the take home problems were incredibly fun. Well done nVidia!) (3) I've finally accepted a job offer from a large, established tech company, and the pre-onboarding process is amazingly slow. I accepted the offer a month ago and still don't have a start date. In a better job market either (a) they'd probably work harder to be good about this stuff, or (b) I'd just take a different job because of the delay. |
(4) Ghosting candidates seems common now. I'd never experienced it before now.