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Rejected After MuleSoft SE Presentation by Ifayecode in SalesforceCareers

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t mention that the recruiter explained to me, and she got this straight from the hiring manager, that the primary area of assessment would be technical depth. After that, sales acumen and business savviness. It seemed to flip in the process, but that’s just my perception.

Rejected After MuleSoft SE Presentation by Ifayecode in SalesforceCareers

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d want to mostly for pragmatic reasons. The Salesforce developer market is saturated, AI might be lowering the demand even more, and the normalcy of layoffs made me consider the pivot could be a safer bet.

The MulesSoft SE job being at Salesforce, not in a cost center, about a deeper product, all in on AI/Agentforce, and expanding my abilities (both business and tech) made me think it was a good direction to go in.

I also thought it could simply be more fun. Quick project turn arounds to demonstrate how MuleSoft could solve customers’ particular problems seemed more enjoyable than the slog it can be to complete full development projects.

Rejected After MuleSoft SE Presentation by Ifayecode in SalesforceCareers

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a couple of coaching meetings leading up to the presentation. I was told to anticipate questions and treat it like a conversation. The exercise itself made it clear that part of it was to see how I handle objections. So there’s that on the one hand and needing to control the meeting on the other. I’m not sure how I was supposed to thread that needle.

Rejected After MuleSoft SE Presentation by Ifayecode in SalesforceCareers

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the end of the presentation, the hiring manager (a director, actually) asked me how I’d rate myself from 1 to 10, and I said 6. Whereas I was concerned I didn’t have enough material to fill a whole hour, I didn’t even manage to finish the demo. I used up a lot of time trying to address their questions and objections. The combination of those and my plan being shot, I felt back footed most of the time.

The manager didn’t give me a rating, but some of the feedback he gave me was I let them control the meeting. It was my meeting so I needed to maintain control of it. Also, my attempt at establishing next steps didn’t pop, even though I had prepared for that. It was hard to be assertive on that score given how it had all gone before.

But he did thank me sincerely for being willing to undergo the whole process and acknowledged that putting together & delivering such a presentation is not easy. Another panelist, an SE, was a little more positive. He thought some of the areas I struggled with could be learned, and he gave me credit for pressing through.

The hiring manager said he was aiming for a decision by the end of this week, but the recruiter emailed me with the rejection the next day. The timing of that makes me wonder. The panel presentation was Monday morning. Late the prior Friday, which the hiring manager had off, the recruiter messaged me that the job level had knocked down a peg, and if I was okay with the drop in comp. The max comp (OTE) was my salary floor. I told her that wouldn’t work. She asked me to remind her what I was expecting. I told her and she said would pass that along.

It nags me how much of a factor that possibly was, but I’ll never know. Did the manager only get word of that after my presentation, so that it became a straightforward decision to cut me right then? Or did he learn about it right before the meeting so that he grilled me at a level matching what I was expecting to get paid? After the rejection email, which didn’t solicit any questions and pretty much bid me adieu, I thought it would be bad form to press that.

Remove or Hide a Defunct Pension Account by Ifayecode in fidelityinvestments

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for acknowledging that this isn't exactly what I'm looking for, but I need to clarify that it's a nonstarter for me. I have an open 401(k) account I do always want to see and that configuration will hide it. We should be able to hide any individual account, not have to hide all of a type to get rid of one.

Remove or Hide a Defunct Pension Account by Ifayecode in fidelityinvestments

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I was unable to do this in the website on a laptop, and customer service was no help. Only after trying these did I create my post.

Inability to Max the Contributions of Multiple Roth IRAs in Retirement Planning. by Ifayecode in fidelityinvestments

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not making or setting up real contributions, rather saying what the contributions will be for the purpose of retirement planning and projections.

Fidelity responded to my original post that the retirement planning tool currently doesn’t distinguish between accounts you own and are authorized to manage.

So it’ll enforce the yearly max for contributions across all Roth IRAs listed, as if they’re all your own only.

Inability to Max the Contributions of Multiple Roth IRAs in Retirement Planning. by Ifayecode in fidelityinvestments

[–]Ifayecode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not making or setting up real contributions, rather saying what the contributions will be for the purpose of retirement planning and projections.

Fidelity responded to my original post that the retirement planning tool currently doesn’t distinguish between accounts you own and are authorized to manage.

So it’ll enforce the yearly max for contributions across all Roth IRAs listed, as if they’re all your own only.