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Hi everyone, interview for entry level Allstate claims position. Should I take it being 3 business days since my final interview and no offer. The interviewer said to give it a week and that she was gna give my info to hiring manager to review, but I thought she was the hiring manager since this was the 2 interview outside internal recruiter interview. i sent a thank you email the day after. But i don’t know i thought it was a good interview. Allstate
IBM company they are looking for candidates for Hadoop 6+ years experience =========================== Big data skills. Hadoop, SPARK, SCALA, Postgre SQL Good working knowledge , communication and attitude Should have lead team during the course of the design, development and implementation. Job Locations: --------------- Pune,Chennai,Bangalore. to : padmajapaddu86@gmail.com
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Get outside of your comfort zone every single time. Every time you are presented with an opportunity to do something you have never done before, take it. You will feel unprepared and may even experience the impostor syndrome for a while, but just keep pushing. I have found that in those opportunities is where you find real growth and life changing situations, even if you fail, the lessons in there will put you ahead of the rest. I will feel horrible at times (especially when you are a top performer) when you feel you are not there yet, you will feel defeated some other times and so on. But at the end is always worth it.
Some random observations over the years:
- Don’t mistake niceness for competence - the nicest manager I had was a wonderful human being with whom I am still friends. He was also the worst/weakest leader I ever worked for. It took me a long time to realize that.
- It’s not enough to perform well, you need to be able to play to other people’s’ egos and be non-threatening in order to rise in most organizations - especially if you are good at what you do. Meritocracy starts to fade as you rise up the ranks.
- We are all faking it at some level. The hallmark of competency is not necessarily knowing everything, but being able to solve problems with what you know and seeking help with what you don’t.
- Sense of humor : the ability to smile or laugh at something has opened way more doors for me than all the knowledge in my head. The best response to a joke is a laugh or smile - not an attempt to outwit the person who tried to lighten you up.
- Be careful whose advice you listen to. Stay away from those who diss rigor and hard work. There is no other way to be successful - for most of us at least.
Can you expand on how to be non-threatening and maybe give some examples?
Don't be afraid to try new things, you are your own limitation (within reason). There are times you will doubt yourself and be overwhelmed, just take a step back and remember you made it this far.
And always worry about the partner who looks at you and twists his mustache, no good will come of it!
Network and be your authentic self while you do so. When you find enough contacts and clients who enjoy who you are you can cease being a consulting drone.
The appetite for hiring armies of generic top tier consulting cookie cutter battalions is shrinking. Clients ultimately want to work with other human beings they enjoy - and the world and business is becoming more casual.
I work for a place that has all the rigid expectations and guardrails people talk about here, but I’ve built a personality and therefore a product that in no way derives significant value from where I work. As long as you aren’t gunning for CEO it is complete job security - people will always hire you for those relationships or you can start your own thing when ready.
Get promoted to the next level first before you move across the organization.
Fake it till you make it, and when you make it, time to move on
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Stop being so introverted- I still fight but in last few years have gotten seat at table.
Know your values and priorities. Ensure you always are in line with them.
Only the paranoid survive
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Always negotiate.
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission (within reason of course)
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