Tech Industry job layoffs looking scary

[dora_da_destroyer]

Not the way it works.

You should know how, what, why it was created, what problem it was created to solve, what the downsides and drawbacks are, and so on.

Shows you have domain knowledge, implementation and troubleshooting experience. Shows you've pushed the limits or at least thought about the limits of what something was designed to do.

Dude asks about a protocol. Tell him the history of it, what problem it solves, alternatives, where it gets sticky. How it works in depth, how it works in Linux vs. Windows, who created it, and so on.

You ask me about TCP, you'll get 10 minutes on the history, going all the way back to Vint Cerf (who used to be a co-worker).

You make them stop you from talking. You should be answering five questions to the one they ask.

This is a marketing interview and that would 100% get you dinged as the ability to make a clear, succinct point is paramount, not rambling off everything in a framework

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

This is a marketing interview and that would 100% get you dinged as the ability to make a clear, succinct point is paramount, not rambling off everything in a framework

You can clean it up and make it more "succinct" but I don't care if it's tech, wall street, marketing, hollywood producing, coaching, or a motherfukking hair dressing job.

Go deeper.

 

[JT-Money]

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the company used to be so idealistic that people were 'not working very hard'​

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the company used to be so idealistic that people were 'not working very hard'

Reddit's CEO said employees had a tendency to put big-picture idealism before business.

www.businessinsider.com

"In the Bay Area, broadly, is this — it's almost an entitlement of, 'I work at these companies, but I don't have to work very hard and I'm here for myself,'" he said.

Huffman added that tech employees, including Reddit engineers, had a tendency to take ideas from other successful companies. He said his engineers adopted Apple's philosophy of "it's done when it's done" and used the phrase when he asked for product timelines.

 

[IIVI]

Easiest time in history to get a Computer Science degree. If a CS degree isn’t the floor it basically will be soon.

The reply makes a great point though.

 

[JT-Money]

CrowdStrike To Cut 5% Of Workforce. CEO Points To AI Productivity Gains.​

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/crowdstrike-stock-job-cuts-artificial-intelligence/

 

[Serious]

Got the most nitpicky of reasons why one interviewer said “no” and fukked my whole motion with this company. Felt I didn’t go deep enough into “how” to do something - said I knew what to do, just felt incomplete in the how. Like that’s the ONLY thing that was “feedback” from across the three people I spoke with. That was an Asian dude…like wtf, anyone who knows what to look for can figure out how to execute it. Like not knowing what info you need would be a red flag, but how? Literally a google search or working with someone else on the team could help you.

I wouldn’t internalize it too much. I’ve been on interviews where I killed it, only to be given some vague follow up, like this position needs someone who can work more independently.

It’s was confusing to me for .02 seconds because I largely work independently, but then I realized they just gave a vague excuse to not continue on.

 

[Serious]

I don't have much to add here except that the org I work for (smaller SaaS-based tech company that was recently acquired by private equity) is AI obsessed and in the midst of a hiring freeze

Every department has been asked to make an aggressive business case to the founders for how they can leverage AI and tie it back to revenue goals and deliverables. Not looking good lol

Hope you’re looking for another job asap

 

[Serious]

Easiest time in history to get a Computer Science degree. If a CS degree isn’t the floor it basically will be soon.

The reply makes a great point though.

Good thing is a lot of people I work with still can’t hack cloud Saas and are slow to adaption regarding prompt engineering. I lot of people get stuck in time warps when prompting LLM’s

I can’t be the only one who’s seeing the inefficiencies in Saas and LLM

 

[IIVI]

Good thing is a lot of people I work with still can’t hack cloud Saas and are slow to adaption regarding prompt engineering. I lot of people get stuck in time warps when prompting LLM’s

I can’t be the only one who’s seeing the inefficiencies in Saas and LLM

Man, seriously people won’t adopt this stuff until the very last second. Even then some people won’t think it’s good enough. Imm not quite sure what you mean by time warps, but if you more referring to it giving out of date responses, then I see that often.

I just think how somewhat good A.I has been when it comes to enterprise software that these college assignments are going to be absolute cake for it unless it’s some cutting edge research project.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Hope you’re looking for another job asap

Definitely. I think I'm safe at least until end of year as I'm tied to some key deliverables, but I don't think I even want to stay at this point lol

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I wouldn’t internalize it too much. I’ve been on interviews where I killed it, only to be given some vague follow up, like this position needs someone who can work more independently.

It’s was confusing to me for .02 seconds because I largely work independently, but then I realized they just gave a vague excuse to not continue on.

I think the manager really wanted to hire me, I just fumbled the bag with the answer, this is an interview where if they had an assignment, it may have helped that. I’ve done that job over and over…it was at a company I really wanted to work at as well, that hurts

 

[Serious]

Man, seriously people won’t adopt this stuff until the very last second. Even then some people won’t think it’s good enough. Imm not quite sure what you mean by time warps, but if you more referring to it giving out of date responses, then I see that often.

I just think how somewhat good A.I has been when it comes to enterprise software that these college assignments are going to be absolute cake for it unless it’s some cutting edge research project.

I mean the prompt engineering can lead you down a hole, where simply using stack overflow you could have found a similar enough answer in seconds

 

[Ohene]

Exactly. I'm looking for a person who is answering the next 5 questions before I ask.

When I'm getting on...nothing is better than.

"Oh, wow. Well you just answered the next few questions I was going to ask. Lets pivot to x now."

you guys are part of the problem lol

everybody is different, somebody shouldnt have to spend 5 mins talking to answer the next 5 questions youre gonna ask, it should be more of a conversation then just one person blabbering

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

I think the manager really wanted to hire me, I just fumbled the bag with the answer, this is an interview where if they had an assignment, it may have helped that. I’ve done that job over and over…it was at a company I really wanted to work at as well, that hurts

I like the accountability. You can apply again in 3-6 months, kill the interview, and get the gig.

That's the thing. You're never really out of it.

you guys are part of the problem lol

everybody is different, somebody shouldnt have to spend 5 mins talking to answer the next 5 questions youre gonna act, it should be more of a conversation then just one person blabbering

Not going to make it.

You ever interview with me, with that mindset, won't make it past the screener.

Best of luck to you.

 

[Ohene]

I like the accountability. You can apply again in 3-6 months, kill the interview, and get the gig.

That's the thing. You're never really out of it.



Not going to make it.

You ever interview with me, with that mindset, won't make it past the screener.

Best of luck to you.

so you prefer somebody to ramble on for 10 minutes answering an interview question?
what field/roles do you interview for ? in finance that will get you cut asap.