Career Coach Office Hours: February 18 2025

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

I answered questions about #jobsearch. If you can’t attend live, mark that you’ll attend on LinkedIn, message your question to me there, and watch the replay

00:00 Intro

07:24 Is it considered unprofessional for candidates to ask too many questions during an interview? Do recruiters find this behavior annoying? 08:59 Do software engineering recruiters ever filter a candidate from the interview process after they have spoken to the candidate without forwarding the resume to hiring team?

11:26 I’ve applied and interviewed for jobs for about 8 months now. I’ve made it to the last round for a couple of these positions and for whatever reason I don’t get selected. Hours upon hours preparing and even creating presentation material to just be sent a rejection email. I feel like my confidence has been completely destroyed and I’m finding it really hard to not just cry every day. Comparison really is the thief of joy but it’s exhausting to see others around who have the same qualifications but got luckier in their search. I guess I’d just like to know I’m not alone in this job market.

16:01 How do I use a competing offer in salary negotiations?

20:34 Is being a recruiter an easy and good job that is stable?

22:48 Why are hiring managers often so cruelly selective in their hiring practices?

25:23 Should you tell a recruiter you are interviewing at multiple companies?

28:26 Outro

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ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

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