Hey, I have my interview scheduled for Technology Consulting job for SharePoint at Microsoft Services. HR said it is a coding round and the interview is named as HO interview. Can someone let me what kind of questions I can expect in the interview Microsoft . #Sharepoint #Microsoft #MicrosoftServices #Interview
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how long should a resume really be?
Hi Infosys guys, I have cleared one technical interview and got email for further round which is planned for tomorrow. Email mentions that this is a telephonic interview, is this supposed to be an HR round discussing salary or another tech round.
SAP SD - 2 YOE Current CTC is 4.8LPA.
how much should I ask at infy? Position offered is associate consultant. Thanks in advance.
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The efficacy of referrals can depend on so many factors. Sometimes there are just so many candidates that it doesn't matter. And sometimes you really do have to wonder if the person giving the referral has any credibility or any pull. And in a tough job market like we're in currently, referrals can't guarantee anything. Perhaps they're helpful, but just not helpful enough.
Likely the referrals are just putting it into the system (so that if you get hired, they get a kickback) but they likely are not reaching out to the hiring managers specifically to introduce your name or put in the good word for you (so that the hiring manager makes a conscious effort to pull your application from the the stack). Without the direct conversation, you’re going to likely go unnoticed
This!
They're definitely impactful for a lot of different roles-- I'm surprised that you haven't received any call backs after receiving referrals because that's been the opposite of my experience. I would wonder about the quality of employees of people who say they're referring to you.. or maybe they're not sending the referrals in the right way??
Yes it does matter but usually depends on a lot of factors as others have pointed out
In my career, my graduate school office mate has helped me get 1) an internal transfer to his dept when my job was going away, 2) a job offer where he worked I turned down for personal reasons, and 3) a job offer in his next dept I accepted. He is generally well liked and very competent. I was very qualified for all the jobs. Many referrals are just referral bonus offer claims. You need someone to send your resume directly to the hiring manager (they can do both - make the claim first and then send the resume). I recommend thinking of job hunting like online dating. If someone tells you a potential date is a great person, they will still have to check all the right boxes for you. If you are tall, handsome, and successful, hearing that a 6’ tall, unfortunate looking, overweight woman who is angry at men is a great person will have little impact on your desire to date them.
Sorry to say this but reality you need to know someone connected or just really stand out... Today people are a dime a dozen
This right here!!!!!!
If the employer uses work day, it feels like work day does nothing with a referral and no one ever sees it. The only referral that's useful is to get the hiring manager's actual email address and email an introduction.
The general rule is yes...
0 but there's a reason why I said the general rule and that's simply because if they're impactful or not is 1000% up to the company and the hiring manager. When I was a hiring manager I put references literally at the bottom of my list. They were not that important to me but they were still something they verified.
You sound like the typical corporate America boot licker keep working for corporate America doing a job you suck ass
It depends. At a minimum I find it will usually get you "looked at" by a person. This usually happens with blind referrals i.e. someone knows of someone looking but the referrer can't really attest to their quality of work or workplace fit.
Now if the person referring you knows you, has worked with you before, and really can attest you would be a valuable addition there are additional steps they can take. In this case I myself will at least reach out to the hiring manager and give a pre-emptive reference and some honest feedback before the resume lands in their inbox. Often I find they have to ask to see it, because it's bogged down or dropped in some pre-screening process. There have been multiple times a great candidate's resume had to be asked for because their submitted resume missed some important details or keywords and got dropped by the initial filters. This is when I've found it makes a huge difference.
This is also why you'll often see people hired who have worked with employees at a previous company before. There is always significant risk with long term impact when hiring, and a serious recommendation from someone who has worked with a candidate before and has openly staked their reputation on giving a strong recommendation helps cut down on that risk.
This can depend on the industry, however, referrals are BEYOND IMPACTFUL! If an employee gives me a referral, you bet I’m calling/interviewing them first before a candidate pool. “Good people, know good people”
My previous company of 10 years, I was brought on by a friend. The current company where I’ll accept an offer tomorrow, I was referred by a peer from previous company who is now at current company.
The question is, are these people actually submitting your resume and cover letter (be sure to have one) through their talent acquisition channels/HR?
Keep being that corporate America suck ass you tool most of the people on here just seem like the typical worker bee American fool slaving for corporations who don’t give aF about you and your definitely one of them Homer
Is the referral from someone of relevance and authority at the potential employer, who can vouch for the quality of your work, or simply a connection on LinkedIn that doesn’t know you from Adam but would like a referral bonus?
Although many factors are involved ... i just went through a LinkedIn seminar this week about how to improve your chances on getting noticed by company recruiters. The speaker said referrals increase your chances 7x.
I would say it depends on the role, the company, and how they are filling the role. If they are using an external recruiter then I would think referrals have less impact than if they have an internal recruitment team. Almost 90% of the people at my current company were hired on referrals. The size of the company can greatly impact this too. I have noticed that the larger the company the less value a referral has.
I know at my company, a referral gets you to a phone screen with a recruiter and past the applicant tracking systems. That can be pretty valuable in standing out.
Typically, you should at least get a call. However, the volume of applicants for certain roles are not reflective of the current unemployment rate. There is definitely a quiet recession/depression going on where many people are no longer being counted. So people are disposable.
Really depends, and it can have to do with janky employee referral software, too. For instance, I have lost count of the number of folks I've tried to refer to a position, and the referral software comes back with, "SORRY! This person has already applied with the company for a position before, so we aren't accepting any referrals." This is AFTER having already filled out the whole, entire form.
To HR folks considering design of referral stuff - look, I get it, you're not going to pay me a penny because this person's applied to the company in the past. Not an issue. But you're stopping me from just putting in a word for this person I've known. Heck, I've never gotten paid for a referral anyway (the bonus has always been voided because of prior agency referrals for the person for different roles, or in one case outright snaking by another employee), so at this point I don't ever expect to get money for it, so I'm happy just to be able to put a word in for someone I'd like to work with again.
From my experience, referrals worked for me when the person referring me is able to talk directly to the highest level of decision maker for my role. In my case, the people who helped me land the job either talkes the CEO or the CTO and they themselves had lots of credibility on front of them. In either case, these two opportunities were both in small to mid size startup ranging from 25 to 60 people. Other than that, I have had people to refer me to much bigger firms and none of those ever truly pays out; the best I got was an interview call just for me to find out that they actually need people to direct experience working with similar product.
In my experience over the past 10 months since I've been laid off, referrals are worth nothing except to the person referring you, as a way to get paid if you get hired. A warm introduction to a hiring manager goes much further.
I'm experiencing similar. All quiet on the interview front and it's humbling.
Same with me, am even thinking that is the norm now just giving you false hope