As a recruiter, what's one question or scenario you have for candidates to weed out the ones with less potential?

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I think it's just how they approach the interview process altogether - it's pretty telling. The people that are fairly low maintenance, easy to work with and don't seem to be TOO anxious about the interview tend to do the best. The super nervous/handhold-y types are the ones I am less sure about and don't always advocate for

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I ask them if they get they didn't get the job, what do they see themselves doing?

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"Tell me about a time when you faced a difficult challenge in your previous role, and how did you go about solving it?"

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Another favorite of mine is "what are your long-term career goals, and how do you see this position fitting into those goals?"

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Can you give an example of a successful project or accomplishment you have achieved in your previous roles? -- hope these help

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Hi folks, need guidance. Skill - . Net + azure and YOE - 4.

After two tech round received email for documents. HR said that she will discuss regarding my expected offer with the team after receiving documents from my side which I sent yesterday.
Today evening I got technical interview assigned mail with meeting invitation for today afternoon itself. It is very confusing to me.

Are they trying to take my one more round of interview? I was hoping to get offer after sending documents.

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I had applied for the role of business analyst and have cleared one on-line assessment WHT could be the next stages any idea

What are typical technical questions that boutiques (e.g., MTS, Lazard) ask during interviews?

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Is there anyone here who works for the City of Mississauga? I have a question regarding their pre-interview assessment. Thank you.

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Interviewing with Apple next week for the roles of Global Supply Manager (GSM) and Worldwide Procurement Analyst in Austin. Does anyone have any tips or advice for the interview? What kind of questions do they ask?
Also, what’s the compensation like in Austin specifically? I would think the compensation would be different than Cupertino. Anyone have any offers or salaries for these positions in Austin?

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I was interviewed for a perticular customer, which went well and also received an offer. Few days before of my joining date, i came to know that the technology stack from customer got changed and customer had no requirement for which i was hired. However parent company still hired me and now they're in process of allocating me in some other clients. Sometimes i feel insecure about this situation. How to cope up with such cases?

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I’m being interviewed for an Associate Partner position. I’ve already been through 3 interviews with positive feedbacks. The recruiter informed me that they are willing to schedule 2 more interviews. Is this normal in IBM? It seems a very vague and slow process in my opinion…

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Hello Guys,

SAP SD 4 YOE, INFY
CCTC -7.34
EY IN offered - 13.61(2lakh VP)

I have accepted EY IN Offer.
Now I am getting calls from EY GDS for interviews.

I am not sure if u should attend the interview or not at GDS.
When I shared this scenario with my EY IN HR, she said please don't attend it may create conflict and you may also get blacklisted.

EY GDS HR is like, you can attend the interview, there's no problem at all. We don't have such a policy. Please suggest what decision I should make.

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Working as a Manual Tester. Anyone can tell me how much time required to learn Automation Testing.???
So I can face the interviews. 😜

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Hi Fish,

I attended the interview in cognizant. But i didn't get any feedback of my interview. So, what should I do? Also, I dropped the Mails to recruiter. They did not reply on that.

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What would you gain (if anything) in getting a portfolio review from a recruiter vs a creative director?

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Hey fishes,
I have a technical interview with Bd medical device company for the role of design quality assurance.What type of questions can i expect?
Please dm me..
Thank you!

Hi everyone,
Does the gap of one month will affect job opportunities or interview calls for IT jobs especially in current market scene?

Looking to pivot into managerial. Can someone take a look at my resume? Tips would be appreciated as well!

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Any recs on how to land an in house gig? I’m applying to things online with no bite

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Anyone have any advice going into the mock/pitch portion of the interview?

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Can anybody let me know how much time it will take to deliver feedback/update after ED round from PwC ????

My ED round has been completed 2 days back. PwC PwC India Pwc AC

How long does it take to prepare a job description? I left EY for a position in the industry and my firm ended up using EY Law.... anyway, it’s been 4.5 months since we kicked off the process and EY Law has been sitting on job description. Any thoughts?

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Recruiter contacted me about a Snr. Director level role. What’s the interview process look like at this level and what can I expect in TC?

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Looking for 100% remote roles for an operations VP with 40 hour work weeks and at least 180k total comp. Any suggestions? (12 years experience)

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The marketing for Black Adam is genius! I wish I was in entertainment. If you could choose one industry to do marketing for what would it be? For me it's easily film or games.

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Are y’all waiting to do a mega backdoor Roth to see what they do about build back better this year or just moving forward with it?

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Hi fishes

Need a reality check-
Profile-
Btech (mech) + MBA (non-IIM top 15)
4 years enterprise account management- US based personal computing OEM
1 year Management Consulting- Sales transformation

Input required on-
1. What is my profile fit for account executive role like?
2. What is the salary I can target? (Current- 19.6 fix+ 3.5 JB+ 4 variable) I am gunning for at least 30% jump on fixed.

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Londoners, I have a friend visiting me for Easter and am looking for ideas on where to take her besides the regular touristy stuff - pls help!
Plus, what’s the best theater show you’ve seen lately? Thank you 😊

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I hope everybody received 2k Amazon voucher as Xmas gift

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I have cleared online test and 1st round technical interview scheduled for Monday. I would like to know how many rounds are there and how will be the interview questions. Skill set is java , microservice

Trying to get out of consulting. Ux is so watered down and I’m terrified that it’s going to stunt my growth. I’m overall just not happy. Sure, consulting pats decently but I love the field of UX and just get stuck making wireframes that the customer requests. The field is so competitive right now and I can’t seem to land another job. Struggling hard

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Can someone tell me the Shift allowance and weekend allowance in Netcracker Technology?
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What are benefits we get when we join Nokia Noida office in sec 62. I have got an offer from Nokia.

How much compensation does Informatica Bangalore provides to QA automation Engineer with 1.8 yrs of experience. How much can be expected as per industry standards?

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I’m an inpatient medical coder and make 23.58 currently, I was previously and outpatient coder as well as a billing coordinator. I also have nursing experience. I have seen many inpatient job postings with advertisements of higher pay like27-32$ and hour. Am I being low balled here? I work out of St. Louis

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Anyone else’s boss make them work until 630 on a Friday every single week? Please save me.

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Anyone willing to do a meet up? I’m visiting Seattle next week and thinking about moving there. I understand it’s covid, but if anyone is open, I’d love to have a chat. Beers on me!

Random Q unrelated to advertising but is anyone investing through Fidelity? And what mutual funds/stocks are you investing in that show potential?

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Thoughts on a manager texting you to ask why you aren’t online Easter weekend when all of your work is completed and another senior who can’t handle their own work decided to randomly send you their returns to review?

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Hi fishes can anyone refer me for Salesforce developer exp - 4 years MNC preferred

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An out of office email i read somewhere.

Hi,

Thanks for your email. I am currently OoO.
For emergencies conatct below
USI -112
US - 911

All other things can be taken care when i am back.

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How did you get into tech recruiting, and are you happy with it?

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ISO Sr. IT Development Mgr.

10+ yrs in FullStack custom applications using C#, .NET, Java, Angular, Node.js and a few years engineering leadership
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10+ yrs in FullStack applications using C#, .NET, Java, Angular, Node.js
Extensive experience in AWS or Azure

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12-15 yrs in FullStack custom applications using C#, Java, Angular, Node.js
Designed high-availability applications in a multi-tier cloud architecture

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*URGENT JOB NEEDED* - BDM/E-com account management roles
Hey all, as I see a lot of recruiters in this group I wanted to know if anyone is hiring for BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER or E-COM ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT or VENDOR MANAGEMENT roles.
My husband is relentlessly trying to get a job in Canada/US but he is getting either regret mails or no response for referrals.
It would be really helpful if there is anyone is hiring for such roles or if you can refer to those roles in your organization. TIA :)

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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?

What are some sourcing avenues you will use to hire niche positions?

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I’m hiring Systems Administrator II and Systems Engineers in Illinois and Colorado. I’d love any candidate referrals you have if you know someone who is on the job market!

Is anyone working somewhere with a hiring freeze right now? I started this job about 6 months ago and I'm worried I'll be the first one out now that they're officially pausing. Should I be looking for another job, and how much will this affect my resume if I get laid off?

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Any in house tech recruiters for consulting firms? What does your comp look like? Looking to see what my comp compares to for L1 recruiters.

I am a technical recruiter with three years of experience. I am currently interviewing at a series B tech start up located in CA for a fully remote position. I am currently in Texas and don’t have to pay state income taxes. I am making about 90 K and would love to bump up my salary from there. My question is, what is a fair salary to ask for that will factor in both the new income tax and a raise? My other question is what is a fair salary in general for somebody with three years experience?

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Looking to expand my knowledge with tech recruitment and also management. Anyone have any advice?

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Hello,

I am a technical specialist looking to transition to tech recruiting. Can anyone help me find a remote position? I keep applying but I keep getting rejected. I am a recent grad with a communications degree, I have recruiting and tech background, I am also bilingual in Spanish and English. Can someone please help me. Looking for a salary $80k+

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Hi fishes, my friend recently had a bitter experience with Dish Network. So her profile was shortlisted and they asked few questions over email. It did take good 2hrs to answer and she replied back. HM said we are good to go for interview and sent an invite. On the day of interview nobody turned up, neither they gave an update later. She did follow up for a couple of days but no response. Is there any reason why this happens ? Me being in HR field felt this to be a little unprofessional.

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Hello all,

I am a recent college grad that has been struggling to transition & find a good entry QA role. Does anyone know a remote entry level Quality Assurance Analyst or QA Specialist roles hiring? I live in Washington, DC so I can be on site as well. TIA and open to any advice or referrals as well!!

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Hi there! I am current a recruiter at google on contract. My contract is 2 years, and I’m coming up at the year and a half mark. Are there ANY tech companies hiring?! We’re in such a lull on the FAANG side of things… thanks’

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We're seeing a lot of hiring freezes happening in the tech space, with the exception of some high growth startups. Is this affecting anyone else?

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Any Microsoft recruiters willing to talk about your feelings of the pause of hiring in some areas? Should I be concerned my partner is a contract recruiter at Microsoft?

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Agency recruitment managers! How do y’all set goals for your department? Do you focus on outreach goals, applicant goals, purely hiring goals no matter the outreach numbers, conversion rates, etc? Asking because I manage two recruiters working with different clients and both work with different styles, so outreach messages for one might not make sense for the other. Any insight would be so helpful!

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