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Hi Everyone, I am trying to apply for a Technical Support role at Dropbox I’m entering all the required fields but there seems to be an issue, when I hit submit after filling the form, it doesn’t submit and throws error ‘Looks like you left this blank! Please fill out this required field’ when all the fields are entered already (I have checked so many times, and filled the form from scratch several times too). Anyone from Dropbox who can put me in touch with HR or suggest what I should do next?
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After submitting my resume for the Global Finance and Business Management full time position at JP Morgan (my dream job!), I got a HireVue invite the next day! However, I completed it 9 days ago and still have no response....
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Two things: 1) look out for unintended consequences such as your query being left on a public-facing record such as a social media post; and 2) was the person formerly in that position competent, or let go because they weren’t?
Nothing is EVER straight-forward as it seems.
I’ve done this for a role. I had interviewed with the team and had an odd feeling about the job. So I found the person in the role on LinkedIn and thought I’d try reaching out. They were actually willing to get on the phone and chat. We had a good conversation and they validated some of the feelings I had as they explained their poor experience on the team and at the company. I ultimately decided to decline the job and don’t regret it.
No, it never occurred to me to do something like this. But it's kind of brilliant. Now I'm sitting here wondering, why haven't I been doing this?
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I’ve thought of doing the opposite. Letting my replacement know what a nightmare they’ve walked into; signs to watch for. Describing my experience and letting them draw their own conclusions.
As much as I want to do this for the role I just left, reaching out to candidates would be risky (vs them contacting you IMO). It feels like that could be portrayed as intentional disparagement of the company. But man, I'd love to warn them lol.
I have actually done this once on accident. I applied to a role, then reached out to what I thought was the manager, but it turned out to be the person who vacated the position. We scheduled a call and they told me the horror story as to why they were let go.
They also expressed caution as they outlined how much work/clean up will be required and they reduced the salary and level of the position.
TLDR; contacted someone who was in the role, they told me to run far away.
No I haven’t but I think it is a smart idea. It will likely give you an unvarnished view of working for the firm and may help in the interview process as well.
I have done it in the past and it is a great idea. It can definitely help you sus out any red flags beforehand.
If I know the person and trust their opinion I would ask. If I do not know them, I would not ask. There may be reasons why they left the company that was not the company's fault.
Ok, so then you also don't look at Glassdoor reviews or consider feedback from here? Everyone has multiple reason for doing anything, but the fact that you'd assume stranger wouldn't be able to give you objective feedback with facts and examples is very telling.
People do this all the time, very common. The people arguing that folks have vendettas and are out to take a company down based on a single job obviously avoid all survey analysis and focus groups in their work 😂
I thought about doing this for a recent interview process but was hesitant. Then I forgot. I just accepted the offer at the end of the week.. seeing this post makes me wonder if I still should! Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something lol
I haven't. Not that it's a bad idea, it's just never crossed my mind. Even if it had, I doubt I'd have done it. The idea of sliding into someone's messages out of the blue like that gives me anxiety haha.
Haha! I guess the downside is what if they call my company and rat me out that I’m looking for a job but she’s an associate director and I don’t see why she would do that?
I have done this a few times!
I have done it a few times as well! I don't think there is anything wrong with it. I have had people do the same to me and I always appreciate the messages.
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Good tactic to get an insight threw this way. Though I haven't done this.
My experience has been that there are good companies to work for that want to have good take care of their employees. There are also good employees that want the company to succeed. However, there are some companies that do not care about their employees and some employees that cause havoc if they don't get their way. We must be careful when reading reviews on both sides. Sometimes it is the company or a particular manager that is the problem. And then sometimes it is a rogue employee that tries to demand their way and is vindicative. I've seen both. I would not work for a company that treats their employees as though they do not care. But, recruiters and managers must be careful not to let just anyone in because they look good on paper or in a review. The same holds true for the job seeker.
Why not, it’s like conducting your own reference check on the company. If the company can do reference checks on you, you should be able to do the same to them. They always say you’re interviewing the company just as much as they are interviewing you so why not the same with reference checks?
I would only do this if I received a job offer. Most organizations provide time to consider their job offer. A good and reasonable question to ask during the interview is “what were the circumstances that created this opening?” The answer to that question provides you with another nugget of valuable information. Was the prior incumbent promoted? Did the prior incumbent resign? Is this a newly created position? If you contact a prior incumbent keep in mind that if s/he provides negative information, you are only hearing one side, they may have had a performance problem, disgruntled, etc., etc,