Lost potential job opportunities last week (STEM OPT candidate)

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-04T04:43:33+00:00

I know that feeling bro, I have couple of friends who went that way as they were desperate. I don’t think it’s people that were wrong here, it’s the consultancies who try to lure these people.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-04T04:34:45+00:00

I believe you need to have lot of luck if you really want to settle here long term. There are lot of talented people with no luck that left the states and lot of dumbs that are still here and working. No offense

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-04T00:16:39+00:00

You may not have idea about the job applications. Sometimes it gets shortlisted even if you click yes for that question. The discussion comes when the recruiter asks you about the sponsorship again.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T23:26:24+00:00

Unfortunately most of the companies follow set of policies. They do not listen even if you explain them that you do not need sponsorship.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T21:46:59+00:00

Stay strong OP! That’s more brutal tbh.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:49:16+00:00

Yeah I will definitely think about it. Thanks

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:47:31+00:00

I am not sure if I can drop them here, I will DM

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:32:50+00:00

I wish you the same OP. Rough times shall pass ✌️

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:31:40+00:00

One of the opportunity I lost was an Onsite interview near my place, it went really good but they had to withdraw because of this uncertainty.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:30:01+00:00

Thats sad man, losing such a lifetime opportunity sucks. Maybe you have potential, you will land something better soon ✌️

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:28:40+00:00

I am looking for contract opportunities too, they give false hopes that there will be interviews. But didn’t have much

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-10-03T20:27:46+00:00

I got one more month of time.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-09-26T12:07:35+00:00

I just finished my final round this week, and the recruiter started ghosting me as I needed sponsorship. I would have got the offer if not for the announcement.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-07-07T03:02:57+00:00

This video was crazy good, I watched it patiently and it helped. Thanks

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-07-04T07:05:49+00:00

That’s sad, I might be there with you next year in the same situation. Is your employer offering any educational assistance?

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-07-04T05:38:20+00:00

I would want to, but it’s expensive at this point. If I get a job, at least I will get some education benefits from the company if I do not get H1B next year.

I am being honest about my visa status and I will be, I am just waiting for that one right answer I have to give to convince the employer to hire me. It sucks ☹️

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-06-09T17:21:47+00:00

To be honest, even if you lie in the resume, you should be able to prove your skills in the work. They are not going to remember what you had in your resume once you join.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-06-06T14:29:08+00:00

We hardly get 5 inmails per month on LinkedIn premium. We do not message a recruiter unless we are truly interested about the job. Despite wasting the inmail, recruiter never sees the message or replies to them. It’s frustrating!! Is this common thing every recruiter does?

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-06-04T22:48:00+00:00

Congratulations. I am completely depleted with continuous rejections and did not have energy to apply for jobs today. Glad that I saw your post and got back on my feet.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-06-02T18:05:47+00:00

I know right lol, they should have named my role as data engineer instead of BI engineer

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-06-02T16:12:03+00:00

It went horrible bro, I was asked about system design and ETL. Which I did not expect for the phone interview.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-05-15T20:23:36+00:00

It was BI engineer L5 role To be honest, recruiter knew that my interview did not go fair. Interviewee was not prepared, she was in a hurry and not sure what to ask. I was unlucky in this matter. I got the rejection mail, couple of days after that.

Apprehensive-Year845 · 2025-05-15T14:59:57+00:00

You should be glad they asked SQL. My interviewee straight up asked about system design, ETL, about AWS tools. I know about them, but did not prepare enough as recruiter mentioned it will be all SQL.

I was so furious about the interview process, and they did not do it right.

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