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I am currently interviewing at TikTok for the Content Partnerships Lead role. Can anyone share some insight into the salary bands in the Sub-Saharan African market? Should I benchmark with the global rates?
Any tips and experiences interviewing in this region are also welcome - and highly appreciated! :)
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Lunch breaks work and also be totally transparent with the company on the amount of time they are asking you to take away from work. If they can't work with you, is that really a company you want to work for?
I remember when I was interviewing and working in an office I used the excuses: doctor's appointment, supervising a worker in my home, follow up appointment for doctor. I tried to do first thing in the AM interviews bc of this. I then told the company i was interviewing with I'm running out of excuses to get myself out of the office and they gave me an offer letter.
Some companies have worked with my schedule because when I’m transparent about currently being employed full time but I usually don’t like to lead with it because I want the opportunity but they will ghost me when I give them only early morning availability. Yeah, I’m running out of excuses but maybe I’ll just be transparent from the beginning from here on. Thanks for the advice I’m really happy it worked out for you!!
I’m in the same situation but I’m in office 5 days a week. I just give availability of 12-2 and take phone calls in my car over lunch. I get a 30 minute break but no one is really checking.
Things are much better than before Covid because back then all interviews were pretty much in person.
in my experience, i haven't had to go into an office to interview unless i was one of the top candidates and needed to do panels. usually it's a quick phone screen with the recruiter, a phone or video chat with the hiring manager and only after that would i typically be required to come in. i feel like things have really changed since covid.
I did an over the phone interviews and zoom call interviews on my lunch break.
Tell your manager. I'm sure they will be very sympathetic
Take a long lunch or block your calendar if possible