>- 65 days is a very very short time to be on the market
I'm an experienced engineer (10+ years) in a good location. For me, 65 days is absurdly LONG pre-pandemic. Assuming you interview well, you can go from nothing to offer in something like two weeks with most startups.
>- the coding interview experience of this applicant and requirements of the companies appears to be far more lax than most experiences in tech hiring
How so? Seems pretty standard to me, the usual leetcode stuff with various bits around the edges.
>- it focuses a lot on start-ups
This is the case for many people especially on this site and the "startups" are very wide in size. So not sure why you consider this to be a non-transferable part.
> For me, 65 days is absurdly LONG for me pre-pandemic. Assuming you interview well, you can go from nothing to offer in something like two weeks with most startups.
Depends a lot on the type of company. I've had startups go from initial contact to offer in about 3 business days. OTOH is Google - I've heard my first hiring process there (5 weeks) was on the short side, and it's not unusual to be held up for 6 months with them.
I'm always fielding JD's from recruiters. I don't live in SV so I don't get absolutely inundated, but I get quite a few quality opportunities come my way which become useful during negotiations.
My recommendation to everyone, unless you're like the guy above me: Even if you're in a stable FTE, right now you should be practicing and fielding job interviews - just in case. If you're made redundant or caught in a spreadsheet, you'll be better to take the package and jump straight into work somewhere else before culture turns toxic.
You'll be up against far, far more people than you were when you last applied for a job. This will be stressful.
Even when inundated with recruiter calls and having a stellar resume, 65 days is very, very short for job searches.
From first interview to shortest possible time you can get an offer at most companies is longer than 30 days anyway. People saying they interview and get an offer in a few days or weeks are often lying and otherwise are major outliers.
At my company, for example, the minimum interview process is over 4 weeks, and we are a very competitive e-commerce company with huge pipeline of candidates. We are absolutely not offering people jobs in a fast (less than 1 month) turnaround, and this rarely has any impact on who we hire.
This was also very true across the 6 other professional jobs I’ve had, at brand name start-ups, no-name start-ups and large tech companies.
I'm an experienced engineer (10+ years) in a good location. For me, 65 days is absurdly LONG pre-pandemic. Assuming you interview well, you can go from nothing to offer in something like two weeks with most startups.
>- the coding interview experience of this applicant and requirements of the companies appears to be far more lax than most experiences in tech hiring
How so? Seems pretty standard to me, the usual leetcode stuff with various bits around the edges.
>- it focuses a lot on start-ups
This is the case for many people especially on this site and the "startups" are very wide in size. So not sure why you consider this to be a non-transferable part.