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Ask HN: Whats been your experience in interviewing noawadays

by a_lifters_life on 3/20/24, 1:07 PM with 4 comments

• by piterrro on 3/20/24, 5:40 PM

  Its like dating, if the other party is interested in you, they will reach out.

  By reaching out to them, you may look like a desparate, which can lower your chances during negotitation stage (that would point them that you are only in a process with them).

  Unless you are involved in more than one process that you try to keep in sync (useful for negotiation strategy) I would not reach out first.

• by VirusNewbie on 3/20/24, 6:06 PM

  My current FAANG job I applied in March of 2022 and was sent an offer in October of 2022. Senior software engineer, and there was a hiring freeze in the middle of that.

  I was also interviewing other places and it generally took at least two months to do a full interview loop before I got to the offer stage or rejected (I didn't fail any screens).

  These were all FAANG and adjacent companies though, this last round of job hoping I decided to try huge companies only.

  Startups usually move much quicker if they have headcount.

• by Peroni on 3/20/24, 2:55 PM

  >how long after the last interview did it take to extend an offer or deny you?

  If you're certain your last interview was a final interview, you should ideally hear something within 24hrs. Allowing up to 48hrs is polite. Anything beyond that it is 100% reasonable for you to reach out to them and ask for an update.

• by a_lifters_life on 3/20/24, 1:08 PM

  I'll start -

  Sr AppSec Engr role - last interview friday, sent thank you email to recruiter monday, he responded tues saying he would see if the hiring mgr has an update....... so idk.