This is a random Job Posting I got from LinkedIn. It already has 115 applicants in the last 13 hours. All these candidates have to compete and give their best to get that Job. Just because a board isn't put out saying this is a "Hiring Competition", doesn't mean it isn't.
This is part of hiring now! And I don't mind if they keep/drop the "competitive" moniker honestly, I'm more focused on the problem-solving part.
Did I ever feel that interviews are competitive? Not really, I just present myself to an employer the best way I can but honestly and without faking it, and beyond that it's "take it or leave it". I don't really fret about being in a "competition" with whoever else.
But yes, if there are 115 serious (qualified) candidates for one job then you can indeed call it "competition". That's an unenviable 'market' to be in, I know that in some locations there's a developer shortage but this doesn't look like it.
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Aren't interviews itself competitive by nature?
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This is a random Job Posting I got from LinkedIn. It already has 115 applicants in the last 13 hours. All these candidates have to compete and give their best to get that Job. Just because a board isn't put out saying this is a "Hiring Competition", doesn't mean it isn't.
This is part of hiring now! And I don't mind if they keep/drop the "competitive" moniker honestly, I'm more focused on the problem-solving part.
Can the process become better? Yes of course.
Did I ever feel that interviews are competitive? Not really, I just present myself to an employer the best way I can but honestly and without faking it, and beyond that it's "take it or leave it". I don't really fret about being in a "competition" with whoever else.
But yes, if there are 115 serious (qualified) candidates for one job then you can indeed call it "competition". That's an unenviable 'market' to be in, I know that in some locations there's a developer shortage but this doesn't look like it.