If you could go back to the very beginning of your tech job search knowing everything you know now, what are the first things you would immediately stop doing because they wasted time or did not actually help you get interviews or offers?

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Applying to jobs where you don’t have a contact or referral. It’s a complete waste of time.

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I am 6 months into the job hunt and all interviews to date have been lended without a referral. Conversely the one referral I had didn't even amount to having a conversation with a recruiter, much less the HM.

I’m in the search right now and my biggest struggle is finding time to interview prep with a full-time job.

Wish I could just go on a month long sabbatical. So get started early, the process takes a while.

Nothing. I don’t know if I would want to go back to be honest. I think experience and certifications play keys in hiring but certifications won’t do you much good if you can’t practice what you’ve learned.

I used to interview candidates and I would ask 5 questions in total. 2 easy, 2 medium, and 1 that required more than just a straight answer.
That way I would know if what the candidate learned or retained what they learned and if they had been in the field a while, knew how to apply what they learned and had a combination of both.
I mean asking someone how to find the IP address of a machine and they tell you it’s usually on the back of the machine, I knew immediately. So preparation and experience play a huge roll.

I would run away from tech.

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