"The people we reject aren’t getting rejected because they aren’t a good fit or lack skills - it’s just that someone else was a little better."
yes and no. I was just hiring as a founder of a small company. I just filled in that role after receiving like 250 resumes in 1 month. Now, 235 of them were totally irrelevant and people just applying. Remaining 15, I was able to interview 7-8 for Round 1 and then 3-4 made it to Round 2. Out of those, we really like 2 candidates and it was close and since we could only hire 1, we had to say no to the others. Tough but no choice.
It is tough for candidates right now but honestly, majority of people applying are lazy and don't do any homework. Yes it is hard and you cant spend time on every company but if you are applying to small/startups, you have to research a bit. It is harder right now but as an employer, I wouldn't respond if all you did was send a generic resume and worse, applied to a role you have no qualifications for.
yes and no. I was just hiring as a founder of a small company. I just filled in that role after receiving like 250 resumes in 1 month. Now, 235 of them were totally irrelevant and people just applying. Remaining 15, I was able to interview 7-8 for Round 1 and then 3-4 made it to Round 2. Out of those, we really like 2 candidates and it was close and since we could only hire 1, we had to say no to the others. Tough but no choice.
It is tough for candidates right now but honestly, majority of people applying are lazy and don't do any homework. Yes it is hard and you cant spend time on every company but if you are applying to small/startups, you have to research a bit. It is harder right now but as an employer, I wouldn't respond if all you did was send a generic resume and worse, applied to a role you have no qualifications for.