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800+ points down today! Oof!
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As has been stated by others, no company will go to the trouble of "blacklisting" a rotational employee who has washed out. It's very, very common to fail coding interviews, even if you did produce working code. I myself have failed several early in my career, but by practicing and trying again I still ended up doing very well.
What I see as the most likely reason for you not getting ahead is your victim complex. The only way to improve yourself is to recognize and take responsibility for your own mistakes and shortcomings, which is impossible to do if you always blame your circumstances. Someone on this thread has suggested coaching, and I second that suggestion. A good coach will help you get out of your own way.
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I'm not just talking about your coding, I'm talking about the reasons why you were terminated from your last job. If you were doing great work and others liked working with you, you wouldn't have been let go.
unless you personally pissed off the CEO of a major tech company, I highly doubt it. No offense, but you're not that important.
IT Engineer, they don’t talk like you’re describing. Amazon literally has hundreds of Director level positions. They have tens of thousands of engineers. I couldn’t get black listed if I tried and neither can you.
Agree with a lot of the comments here. I don’t think anyone at those levels benefit from bringing someone down like that - even if they were personally damaged by your actions. So that’s out of the window. Don’t think of it anymore. Bring a positive spin on things. Some times we all need to trick our brains and wire it differently for the short run. Once you get a job and all you can then think about more professional options.
I don’t code much but other reasons of failing an interview is not just the production of the code result but the efficiency of the code and chances that other candidates are more experienced and practiced. I guess reaching out practice groups can help.
The only damn reason I ‘like’ to code is cuz I need to make money. If I didn’t have to live in a capitalistic hell hole id just sit my ass down and draw on my iPad all day. I’m fucking over it man
I’ve been to a few ‘help groups’ for software developers before the pandemic, but sitting on another zoom call with software engineers outside of work or interviewing actually sounds like purgatory
Unless you are higher up, a large org probably won’t bother to throw the weight of their company for your misery. Of course, there’s exceptions where you do something bad that tarnish their reputation.
If it’s just your manager, they likely do not have the power.
To clarify, yes that question, or some variation of that question is in every interview process. You’re misinterpreting the intent of the question. It’s not “what can I get from this person.” It’s “how does this person communicate and work with others when there is a conflict or difference in opinions.”
It’s not a forefront question of our interviews. Just because it happened to be asked in your first interview means nothing. All aspects are weighted equally.
Honestly, if you would like real advice, people are willing to help. You can DM me and we can have a conversation, I’ll look over your resume, whatever you need. If you just want to rant, go for it. Otherwise, good luck
I can’t say that I have.. Did you leave on a really bad note?
HA!!!
I got the rug pulled out from under me for my last job. 7 months before I started I accepted an offer that had some fancy title about “robot process automation” and then like 3 weeks before I started I get an email saying my-manager-to-be is no longer at the company… and then They gave me 10 more options that were essentially the leftover picks… so instead of a robot process automation engineer I became a “product manager” for call centers..
I should have just ran away then, cuz then 2 years after I accepted that offer I had the same fate as that manager.
I have a friend whose paranoid about the same thing but it’s just hard to tell if that’s actually what’s happening or not.
Nope. If you resigned, the official details that company will provide as reference is service tenure, designation and conduct = good.
Next interview, just politely mention that you were laid off along with 100 (whatever the no) others because it was a rotational/seasonal job and the particular division wasn't making money.
Never mention the other, bitter details that you mentioned here.
I wish you all the best. Hope you crack the next one. :)
It might be worth going to a different part of tech that they don't have their hands in. Otherwise, at least until they move onto their next victim and forget about you.