Getting into Interviews is harder than interviews itself

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We all know that applying and getting the attention of the recruiter and HM to get into the interviews is way harder than passing the interviews.

Hundreds of applicants for each role makes you feel lucky to pass the screening

What’s your recommendation on this? Any resources how to verify our resumes? Will the referrals make a difference? What to do on this regard?

Jacknife · Accepted Answer

Referrals should help, but also you have to balance it with timing. If you see a job that just opened up or got posted, then you should apply ASAP and not bother with a referral there. Get to the top of the pile as fast as you can.

You gotta understand that you're fighting against thousands of other applicants, at least 80% of whom have no actual business applying to that role anyways given their experience/qualifications, etc. it's a numbers game.

esjayrockz · Answer

Referrals make a world of difference, especially in this market. Most of the interviews that I was able to receive in the last couple of months were through referrals.

bashbashbang · Answer

You're saying that getting an interview is harder as a given, but I think it's actually because of how engineers like to work. Most engineers like to solve deep problems that they have high confidence they can solve and has concrete results. That's very similar to what an interview is. You solve the problems, and you get the job. Alternatively, building a portfolio, shining up the LinkedIn profile, making multiple resumes custom to job listings, and doing cold outreach to recruiters and HMs is a very low conversion exercise. I'm willing to bet that sales and marketing people have a much easier time with this part of it. The recommendation here is to not ignore the marketing side, and then be brazen on your outreach. You're going to be ghosted most of the time, but you won't lose anything by doing it.

VictorSG · Answer

Referrals and lots of them..... Only way to guarantee that your resume doesn't go through the HR resume shedder.

sleepingforest · Answer

I'm having a harder time finding a position since companies are requiring on site again.

Getting into Interviews is harder than interviews itself

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