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Tech recruiter questions have evolved over 10 years
1 point by andrewstetsenko 7 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
Now

Recruiter: Have you worked with microservices, continuous delivery, Docker, Kubernetes, React, AWS, and Snowflake?

Candidate: Yes

Recruiter: Let's move to the coding test!

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Recruiter: Do you have 5 years of experience in developing AI projects?

Candidate: Yes! The only thing is that I started coding 3 years ago.

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Recruiter: How many work hours do you want to do remotely and in the office?

Candidate: I want to visit the office only for team-building events.

How it was before

Recruiter: Did you work with object-oriented versions of PHP?

Candidate: Yes, a bit. We started using PHP 5 on our recent project.

Recruiter: Lucky you!

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Recruiter: I’m looking for a DevOps engineer. Are you interested in this role?

Candidate: I don’t think I’m a good fit; I’m a System Administrator.

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Recruiter: Did you have experience working in Agile/Scrum teams?

Candidate: Not really.

Recruiter: Me neither.




If you move forward then the next round:

Interviewer: Why are you looking for work?

Candidate: I am not currently employed and need a job.

Interviewer: But, why now?

Candidate: I have bills to pay for home and food.

Interviewer: Of course, but, why are you looking now?

Candidate: I have been looking for some time, not just now.

Interviewer: Shakes head, unable to understand why candidate is looking for a job.




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