Third take home this month. This one says roughly four hours and, reading the brief, four hours gets you a skeleton. Doing it properly tests, a readme, the edge cases they list is a weekend. I am employed, so a weekend…
Finishing a degree next month, one summer of unpaid volunteering, a coursework project I am proud of, and no internships because I was working weekends in a shop the whole time. Every template I open wants a…
Ran my resume through two of the free scoring sites and got 42 and 61 on essentially the same document, with contradictory advice about bullet length. In the same period that document produced four screens from about…
Mid level data analyst, US, sixty applications out, three recruiter screens, no onsites yet. I know the honest answer is it depends, but I need a rough distribution so I can decide when to widen the search, when to…
First screen went well, and the follow up email ends with a request for my salary expectations before they book the next stage. I have a figure in mind based on two similar postings that published bands, and my current…
I can do roughly four tailored applications an evening or about twenty untailored ones, and after two months of the tailored approach I have three screens from ninety applications. Data analyst roles, four years of…
Roughly 200 applications through the one click flow, four rejections, and silence on everything else. Some of the postings have been up for six months and reappear with a new date. I have twelve hours a week for this…
Spent USD 300 with a service that came recommended, filled in a long questionnaire, had one thirty minute call, and got back something with a two column layout and my own bullet points reworded. Response rate has not…
Every guide I read gives me the same three phrases about anchoring and enthusiasm, and I have used them twice and got nothing but a repeat of the original figure. Both times I had no competing offer and I was fairly…
Backend engineer, eight years in, references are strong and I get interviews. I have reached two final rounds and lost both, and beyond that I get screens that go nowhere in particular. Nothing about the process feels…
Backend role, six years of experience, offer landed at the very bottom of a band that spans about twenty two percent from floor to ceiling. I have no competing offer, I like the team, and my current job is fine but…