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Brussels, Belgium
Work
UX Engineer, Product Manager, sometimes Designer at Self
In smaller shops (eg. a startup with only a handful of engineers) what I've seen is that the final client wants to see that you have worked on a project that in some ways resembles the product they are working on. For example, their product has a lot of data visualizations, and you have worked with data before. Or, their product is mostly mobile oriented and you have mostly worked on mobile interfaces. A lot of it, sucks to say, depends more on the feelings of the hiring manager rather than on a rigorous process.
Bigger companies may have better decision making, and will try to look into your skills more deeply. They may value "potentiality" more than "he/she has already done something like this".
Remember that a recruiter is usually on your side. The more people they place the more commission they earn. Give them something about you that helps them pitch you to the clients (something you specialize on for example). And don't say "I'm looking for a job, please help with anything", but "I have an unexpected opening, I'm looking for opportunities in the XYZ field/tech stack/..."
I think there are two kind of things that happen:
In smaller shops (eg. a startup with only a handful of engineers) what I've seen is that the final client wants to see that you have worked on a project that in some ways resembles the product they are working on. For example, their product has a lot of data visualizations, and you have worked with data before. Or, their product is mostly mobile oriented and you have mostly worked on mobile interfaces. A lot of it, sucks to say, depends more on the feelings of the hiring manager rather than on a rigorous process.
Bigger companies may have better decision making, and will try to look into your skills more deeply. They may value "potentiality" more than "he/she has already done something like this".
Remember that a recruiter is usually on your side. The more people they place the more commission they earn. Give them something about you that helps them pitch you to the clients (something you specialize on for example). And don't say "I'm looking for a job, please help with anything", but "I have an unexpected opening, I'm looking for opportunities in the XYZ field/tech stack/..."
Finally: dev.to/mjsarfatti/comment/i94a