Laid off in Feb. Landed a job now.
I was laid off in February. Finally after 2.5 months of boring interviews and life, landed a job. Today was Day 1. I was outside India for a while doing crazy stuffs. I returned in June and then started applying. Here is the summary.
- Lots of applicants in the job market. Every job would attract 1000s of applicants
- Most jobs require high experience - 5+
- Applying and finding companies who are hiring is tough.
- Emailed everyone in network, took referrals from all friends, took referrals from LinkedIn (very low response), Applied on instahyre, Wrote to startup founders, applied Wellfound, Workday(worst of all), Naukri
- Startups are the worst - gave petty assignments and ghosted after getting solution. Had to follow up multiple times but to no avail. They ate my whole 1 month
- Some interviews were different - in one I had to code in python very fast. That's it. Wasn't selected as I was looking up for syntax on internet.
- Overall it was a very boring and tiring process. I somehow maintained my sanity.
YoE- 2 TC- 29L ( Base +PF)
Talking product sense with Ridhi
9 min AI interview5 questions
Tough time never last but tough people do
Great 🔥
Damn 🔥🔥
Saw this at Cerner , great thought
For what role? Also congratulations
Also fuck Workday they are the worst.
Backend Dev.
Congrats!! I recently got laid off, I know how tiring and frustrating it is. If you come across any opportunity for SDE-1 Backend Fresher, do ping me. Thanks!!
Tata 1mg was hiring for SDE1 recently, try connecting with them
Thank you 🙏
If you don't mind, please add your last TC as well
19.5 + 5L(stocks and bonus)
Hi @AabrakaGaghra Did you mention you were laid off in your previous to your prospective employers while interviewing?
No, I didn't. It never came up in discussion. They would just ask last working day, and notice period. My relieving letter didn't mention anything about layoff- just resignation date.
Quite surprised that it never came in the discussion.
Didn't they ask about why this gap? What did you tell? Also, telling the reason is just not enough they need justifications as well.
Also, how did you manage to get such a good CTC?
6 is an absolutely senseless and illogical way of doing things.
Exactly, I will not join a company like 6.
Wew u bounced back to good compensation. Gud luck down the road
Well done brother 🎉
Congratulations 🎉