As a job seeker, what is your number one red flag when interviewing?? Have you ever heard something or participated in a process that made it clear this opportunity was NOT for you??

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I once was interviewing for a position and the guy was trying to gloat about how hard they work as if it was a good thing. To me it sounded like they were way under staffed

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I went to an interview last week set up by a recruiter, and the firm asked what I'd been told about the role, and then told me there actually wasn't one but wanted to meet anyway. The fuck

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So you recruit 3 people that recruit 3 people... 😂

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When I was younger, I wanted a marketing job. I went to an interview where they took a couple of us out to show us what the role looked like. Dude acted like he was ballin’ out of control and a couple of us piled into his Chevy cavalier where he “just happened” to have a copy of “Think and Grow Rich” sitting in plain sight. He talked like that book made him rich, and all he talked about was money. Even at 23 y/o and lost in the world, I could see the BS seeping out. Turned out the gig was to act like a Home Depot employee and try to sell home improvements to customers as they shopped for buckets and nails. I mean, they weren’t lying that they were a marketing firm working with Fortune 500 companies, but that wasn’t what o was expecting

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BIGGEST red flag ever is if they ask you if you know anyone else who needs a job since there are multiple positions open

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How do find a recruiter in the legal field? Have been looking for a job for a year now and trying to transition into another practice area. Applied to more than 20 jobs and still no offers. I feel like I might need some help.
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I have a promising interview at a relatively large law firm in my area (+100 attorneys) next week. The position is for a transactional role in their real estate practice group, and they are seeking someone with at least 2 YOE. I have a bit over 7 YOE with a strong real estate/commercial lit. background. Over the past two years in my current position, I've been doing a lot more transactional work. The split is around 50% transactional and 50% lit.

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Hello! I’m a Talent Acquisition Manager at a 300 FTE sized gov contractor with 2 recruiters under me. One of my recruiters and I are both having babies in August and will be out for 12 weeks. She’s only coming back part time. My leadership already said no to hiring another full time recruiter. Has anyone had any good experience with contract recruiters? Or any advice for a short term solution?

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Cold applied for an awesome role, had an interview with hiring manager, recruiter, and given a pretty hefty assignment that I’m really proud of nailing. They followed up with an email asking for 4-5 days that I am available for a full day of interviews. Gave them 4-5 days, started planning for how I’d get those days off work during insane times at current job, and now not a single word from them to confirm a date. Been over a week now. Sad. Pretty jaded. What can I do? Already followed up

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Hello all,
Anyone who had been recently interviewed for Salesforce technical support engineer profile, please share what sort of questions were asked in interviews and how many rounds were there?

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BCG Platinion Boston Consulting Group Have a senior data engineer coderpad interview coming up with BCG Platinion within the next two days.wanted tk understand how BCG Platinion is different from usual BCG consultants and is it worth going for the interview process? I read somewhere Platinion folks donot get the same comp and perks like BCG consultants and the work too is not that great..appreciate your inputs and thoughts fishes!

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I sent my resume in PDF to the headhunter. He put it in Word, reformatted the sections, changed some languages, sent it back to me for my review. Then he set up a call with me to go through all possible questions I may be asked in the interview, and give me sample answers. Now I’m confused

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My two year anniversary of starting my career (in general) is coming up in the next 3 weeks.

Aug 2020- 65k base salary
Jan 2022- 80k base salary
July/Aug 2022- 110k base salary


Just posting as a reminder to LEAVE that job (within a reasonable time 😂) and go where the money is!

(p.s. I already know some of you have had higher increases in the same amount of time & I consider 6 months minimum is “within a reasonable time”)

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I had a second round(which was a final round as well) of an interview couple of days back. But yet to receive any feedback on it. Normally how much time hr team takes for a revert? Waiting makes me feel anxious.

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My current company is going out of business next week. I am rushing to get my next job lined up (probably won’t happen in time but I’m trying my best). My question is: should I be honest about why I’m looking for a new job? Is it wrong to not share this info during my interviews? Is this situation going to affect my interview process somehow? Please share your thoughts and wisdom! Thanks!

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Hey everyone i am looking for a job change I am currently working in publicis sapient as a dot net developer I joined this company last December so i have 11 months of experience and i have done 6 months of internship as well. Anyone who can help me by giving a referral.
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I am looking for long term association, probably for 3-4 years or more. My priorities are :
Job security > work culture > Appraisals

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Anyone else work for a group in a different city? Any tips? Any concerns you think I should be aware of that I might be overlooking? Going to be joining a lit team in a different office in my state. While the firm has an office in my city, there are no other litigators in my office. A bit worried about being on an island. Fwiw I’ll be a mid/senior associate and I plan to make frequent visits to the office where my team is.

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