Frustrations with interviewing in this wild job market

In reply to SV reX :

I fully get what you are saying, and I should have added something to denote I was at least partially joking.  The position in question was in OEM brakes.  The pre 2000 experience I was referring to was OEM brake development, including running sign off testing, setting up and running mechanical tests, being a D&R engineer for brakes/wheels/tires, then experience from they early 00's including full front suspension D&R from cross member to wheel end etc.  Every bit of that experience is just as relevant today as it was when I gained it and dinosaurs still roamed the tundra.

In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :

Brake development for Stegasaurii must have been fun!!

Best of luck in your hunt!

Nothing to add except a (probably) out of date anecdote.

When I was working in a bar one of the Managers (we almost could have installed a revolving door on their office we went through so many because of the owners {which is an entirely different story}) mentioned to me about jotting either 110 or 135 on any resume that was handed in. I was befuddled so I asked what those meant and he said 'because either are easily changed to 'NO' (110) or 'YES' (135). It was a bar so physically dropped off resume's made sense, and being the business for entertainment we wanted anyone who was looking to be a bartender to be personable and of good hygiene and bouncers to at least *look* intimidating. 

I'm not really sure where he learned it from, but I can imagine it was more commonly used in the days of dropping off actual paper resumes, maybe still happens for bars or similar parts of the industry.

GameboyRMH said:

So the interview may have superficially appeared to go well but I think it actually didn't because my skills aren't a great match in the areas they really want...they seemed happy with my level of driving skill and one of the company founders said my level of technical skill for the job blew his mind, but I get the feeling that they really want someone who's at least bilingual or ideally pentalingual and that the technical skills aren't that important to what they're doing as it currently is, and with only some rusty high school Spanish and French to offer, that's not me.

Is there an outcome? Sending positive vibes. 

I've been thinking about throwing some privacy under the bus and posting a public Indeed resume stuffed with a vast amount of information that would be inadvisable for a something intended to be briefly glanced at or possibly read by a human, but could be useful for matching algorithmic searches. I already apply almost every job I would like to, but this might help me get the jump on some jobs that don't stay up for long or that I otherwise don't get to in time, or even get me in on the legendary hidden world of jobs that are never posted publicly. Plus if I can make it broad enough it might be able to get me leads from multiple unrelated industries.

Any tips? Is this a good idea?

In reply to OHSCrifle :

There's rarely more of an outcome than getting ghosted by the company when they're not interested in you, which is what it looks like so far. I'd only know for sure if the date when they're set to start accepting customers comes around and I still haven't heard from them, and that's well over a month away. I get the feeling that not being fluent in at least 2 languages makes me a last-resort option at best.

Edit: Also the job post is back online, it may be a coincidence because they've expired and fairly quickly re-posted it a few times, but they expired it around the date of my interview and re-posted it since then, no changes since before the interview.

SV reX said:

In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :

Brake development for Stegasaurii must have been fun!!

 

Best of luck in your hunt!

All down to the coefficient of friction of the 'pad' of the foot and the ground, with modulation being via curling the toe nails under to reduce the contact patch.

GameboyRMH said:

I've been thinking about throwing some privacy under the bus and posting a public Indeed resume stuffed with a vast amount of information that would be inadvisable for a something intended to be briefly glanced at or possibly read by a human, but could be useful for matching algorithmic searches. I already apply almost every job I would like to, but this might help me get the jump on some jobs that don't stay up for long or that I otherwise don't get to in time, or even get me in on the legendary hidden world of jobs that are never posted publicly. Plus if I can make it broad enough it might be able to get me leads from multiple unrelated industries.

Any tips? Is this a good idea?

What kind of information? My resume has my name, email address, and phone number. I use the Google call screening on my phone for any number I don't recognize or that doesn't pull up who it's from that isn't in my contacts. Like if the Hospital calls, it tells me it's Integris Baptist. And my email for resume/job correspondence is different than my personal email address. 

I'm also baffled you don't have a resume on Indeed and you're looking for a job. I have a resume on Monster (although that one is probably horrifically out of date), LinkedIn, DICE, Indeed, multiple independent recruiters, etc. 

In reply to z31maniac :

The information would include skills and work history - normal resume stuff - in this case, an extensive list not tailored to any one job or even any one industry...if a resume literally only had your name, email and phone number, that would just be a business card.

I'm generally able to keep up with the publicly posted jobs I would actually like to apply to, so I don't think having a public resume would make a big difference, especially with my unconventional career history and skillset that seems to just not compute for HR departments and/or their ATS system. There aren't that many jobs within reasonable commuting distance and remote jobs are rare enough to stay on top of easily. What I'm mainly hoping these might help with is getting to some jobs that don't stay up long, and if it ever gets me an unsolicited interview request I'd consider it a bonus. I'm kind of throwing things at the wall to see what sticks at this point.

I'd speak to some recruiters as well in the areas you have expertise or are interested in. You'd be suprised how many large companies hire exclusively using recruiters.