High hiring bars?

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Anyone else feel like interview hiring bars are crazy high right now?

Not sure if it's just because they are able to be more picky or if people are just approaching interviews a little differently but I swear I've knocked some of these interviews out of the park but still having trouble getting offers.

ZTrope90 · Accepted Answer

Can't speak to all companies, but my company hiring bar is definitely higher than it has been in the past. I've been on numerous interview panels for potential new hires and I've noticed a lot of my colleagues are expecting so much out of these candidates. Even the slightest negative data point holds a lot of weight for some reason. I try to be the voice of reason, but sometimes cannot put up the fight.

93hf983hks371hd · Answer

Yeah. I’m on the hiring side and it seems like that’s true where I work.  A year ago one coding exam was enough. Now it’s 2-3 along with technical Q&amp;A.  I definitely wouldn’t have been hired under the current standards.

mctang719 · Answer

It will be like this until either the people who are assigned to conduct the interviews are tired of not able to hire anyone and feel like their time at work is wasted or all of the raising the bar candidates are “gone”. Unfortunately they correlate to each other.

Sdsarakas · Answer

Yes, it's supply and demand. There are a lot of candidates to pick from.

psidev · Answer

There is/was a lot of dead weight and with all these layoffs I’m sure a lot of it is currently in the job market right now, so I understand the high bar.

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