Anonymous37 wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:56 pm

Lu Zwei wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:02 am Got the job offer yesterday. Accepted it, of course. Pay and benefits are super great.

Sweet! Congratulations!

+1

Awesome!!

thank you, forum persons!

I smashed an initial screening today. If I get called for the interview next week, I think I can snag it. Would be September to May with summers off. The dream.

Can you please tell me a bit about yourself?
I am a pirate. I sail the ocean blue. Yarrrrr.


How would you describe your working style?
I am relentless. I take no prisoners. Y'arrrrrrrrr.


Tell me about a time when you had to act quickly but didn’t have a lot of data to inform your decision. What did you do, and what was the outcome?
Arrrr. A three master privateer was heading leeward with a belly full o bullion. I fired me cannons and swung from the rigging with a cutlass in me teeth. I sent the ship's captain to Davy JOnes'' locker and made off with the booty.


When do you try to push through and solve a problem on your own, and when do you involve others on your team?
y'arrr. It depends how many sailors the target employs. More gold for me.


Describe a situation when you disagreed with someone at work. What did you do, and what was the result?
Y'arr. Jonny one leg tried to cut me out of my share of the hms wigglesworth, a mighty prize. I cut 'is 'ead off and teh keel hauled im. I got rich that day.



Google AI Interview Helper (or whatever it's called) had no useful feedback for pirates looking for new positions.

Congrats to you all

Wow! Catching up on this thread. Congratulations to everyone. To those who got new jobs months ago, I hope your new digs are working out well.

My new gig is pretty much everything you DON'T want in a job.
High stress
Long hours
Lower pay than previous gig
Fewer benefits
More responsibility
Unpredictable leadership w/ unreasonable demands
Work from the office after being exclusively remote for 6 years
Occasionally physically dangerous (not kidding)

And of course, under capitalism I'm supposed to be grateful to have it. First check lined up precisely when my severance ran out. My own imposter syndrome and lack of experience in a ton of areas folks in my field are expected to have doesn't help.

I had a lot of gaps due to the narrow lane I was in at my previous employer. Hoping to stick it out for a year or so, beef up my resume w/ certs and on-the-job learning about those areas w/ experience and gtfo. Need to bolster the savings as #1 priority in case I just walk out.

Got an offer on Thursday and accepted it on Friday. Locally based company that has offices/work nationwide, HQ is a 10-15 minute drive from my house (or 25 minute bike ride!), good benefits, more base pay than I was making before. Glad to not be at a fucking tech company after going through so many interview rounds with various levels of evil places and getting STAR questioned to death. I don't start till the end of the month but it means we can finally get off my wife's COBRA insurance, and perfect timing as I have one more week of unemployment I can apply for before that runs out.

Feels good to delete the fucking LinkedIn app off my phone!

tallchris wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 11:45 am Got an offer on Thursday and accepted it on Friday. Locally based company that has offices/work nationwide, HQ is a 10-15 minute drive from my house (or 25 minute bike ride!), good benefits, more base pay than I was making before. Glad to not be at a fucking tech company after going through so many interview rounds with various levels of evil places and getting STAR questioned to death. I don't start till the end of the month but it means we can finally get off my wife's COBRA insurance, and perfect timing as I have one more week of unemployment I can apply for before that runs out.

Feels good to delete the fucking LinkedIn app off my phone!

Great news! Congrats!!