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Discussion on: What's your take on the Hiring Process in the Tech Industry?

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Shannon Crabill

Feedback for applications would go a long way.

I've made it to some last round interviews only to hear nothing...which I take as a hint that I wasn't selected. This is after in-person interviews (which they always seem to want to set up ASAP) and a take-home code challenge. Clearly, I'm missing something, but it's unclear what it is.

Feedback at the first stage is hard, I'm sure, but even a blanket "we've moved onto other candiates" is better than nothing.

My experience is mostly in email developer/manager roles, as I have rarely gotten a call back for software engineering roles. This puts me in the same loop of, what am I missing?

It's all very tiring.

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Gift Egwuenu

Sorry about your experience. I also think feedback is really important from recruiters and you shouldn't be left hanging.

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Shannon Crabill

Oddly enough, I just heard back from a recruiter on a job where I turned in the code test 2 months ago. Apparently, there has been a restructuring and that position is on hold/not moving forward at this time.