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I’ve been trying to get into the top tier Associate Product Marketing Manager position Google for some time now for just an interview and I feel like business majors somehow have such a stronger chance in getting interviewed especially my business school and I feel really discouraged as an Econ Major and I have a lot of marketing experience that I’ve built over the years. Are there any non-business majors in the tech realm in non technical positions at Google that can advise me?
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Why TCS is so rude and self proclaimed kinda. I declined TCS offer last year as they were giving very less CTC. Now I got interviewed again with TCS and cleared all the rounds but they are not reactivating my ibegin portal for document upload since I rejected them last year...in this way u think they will never ever reactivate my profile.
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Folks, I am in the final stages of converting an offer for the position of Senior Advisor, Business Intelligence at Dell Technologies
If this gets converted what should be a good salary range to negotiate with the HR?
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I call bullshit on "micro aggressions"
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Ask for a tour.
See if/ how people are interacting.
See how they react to whoever is interviewing you.
See how people are acting in meeting rooms.
Ask what kinds of things they do for agency culture.
For example, my agency does two three big parties a year, but weekly creative meetings where we just shoot the shit and tell at each other about whether work is good or not, we have an open alcohol policy (essentially, act like an adult), we have quarterly Town Halls, internal awards, agency pot luck lunches, and much more.
Ask who the loudest person in the office is. Ideally there's more than one and they have trouble picking between the two. If they don't have a loudest person, that's a red flag to me.
This sounds like BCW tbh (not a subtle brag - just that we do those things.)
When they talk more about what the place COULD be rather than what it is
This is a good one
Trust your guts. I took a job once based on the agency’s creative reputation and decided to ignore the signs I was able to see during the interview. The furniture was kind of cheap, they flew me in and out the same day ( to avoid paying for one night of hotel?), and the people I met didn’t seem specially happy.
I got carried away by my wishful thinking , took the job and moved my family across two states, only to realize about a week into the job that my guts were right - but I decided to ignore them.
Now, take into consideration that most interviews are like dating: they will show you their best side and will try to seduce you. Once you bite that bait, and get hired, the true colors will start to emerge.
I just had an interview where the HR person badmouthed the CMO in our interview and then the CMO also badmouthed the HR person. I took the hint.
I once heard a story of a small PR agency in Vegas that was trying to recruit a bunch of talent. They scheduled a bunch of interviews, then hired a DJ to play hip music and hired hot models to walk around the place to make it look like they all worked there.
It seemed like such a cool place to work, that many folks who got that low ball offer accepted it without negotiating.
Now that is the king of bait and switches.
If the words "fix the reports" or "find better stats" are ever uttered, turn in your notice and GTFO.
I've run into this more in my career than I care to admit.
When you ask what the work life balance is like and their response is “we’re working on it” and avoid giving you a straight answer.
I once showed up to interview with 7 people. 3 didn’t end up coming to the office that day, but instead of rearranging the schedule I had to sit for long periods of time waiting for the next person to come into the conf room. No lunch offered. I scrounged thru the kitchen for a bagel and fruit. Then the internal recruiter ghosted me afterward.
I would also be specific on work that they’ve done and what that persons involvement was. Too many agencies use the bait and switch model. It happened to me and it sucked.
Also look at the portfolios of those who work there to see how they measure up.
Listen carefully on how they describe the job and projects you’ll be taking and read between the lines. Don’t let your optimism full you that “oh, that was a red flag but maybe they didn’t mean it like that”. Listen to your bestie, your gut
Listen for employees laughing, smiling and interacting positively. Biggest indicator.
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