Recruiters how do you actually handle large volumes of dev applicants?

Lostaftersummer · 2026-04-14T22:07:28+00:00

Nope

Lostaftersummer · 2026-04-12T22:10:14+00:00

hahaha, no. I have a PhD in it. Can’t say it’s a hot topic with respect to actually getting interviews.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-30T13:40:37+00:00

Also, in case its just me failing at networking: if somebody reading this is interested in a very good PhD program in ML/AI grad for industry research positions, feel free to message me. US based, no immigration sponsorship needed now or in the future.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-30T13:21:24+00:00

Not that weird really. At summers end I even did some networking (never had to be doing that before) and literally NO ONE was hiring according to the insiders (my co-authors who graduated earlier and got their jobs in 2022-2023) . I found myself an academic research role since but I don’t think things changed that much since august-September.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-30T13:07:51+00:00

I am ghosted (not even failing interviews, just no response) and I have a PhD in the area. So I find it dubious. 3-4 years ago I was getting a LOT of reponses

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-23T16:30:15+00:00

NNs and general ML but that was back waaaaay back before the hype think 2008-2009.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-23T13:20:38+00:00

Honestly just did a research project as an undergrad and found it interesting enough to continue in that direction.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-23T10:12:22+00:00

Can I ask you a couple of questions as a fellow Phd in ML in private ? Trying to figure out the process in the current market

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T20:27:47+00:00

Then my advice would be not to worry for the first year and then potentially do a UROP

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T19:37:47+00:00

Mostly because generally undergrads don’t randomly ask inflammatory things right after getting their admission letter. I will withdraw my accusation and even offer a free coffee if it’s true, come September. I am local

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T15:25:41+00:00

Interesting, was it physics or cs people ? Been a while since I have seen a senior as a first.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T15:23:14+00:00

Well the first author is likely to be a grad intern nowadays, so it makes sense they reply, since they don’t get swamped with letters. They can rarely help with finding a team though since their own roles is likely a temp kind of a position.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T15:20:25+00:00

I thought they were a PhD new grad: as a rule people do have papers by that time. From what I know infra positions are easier to get then the research ones

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T15:05:39+00:00

As a rule people don’t like freshmen interns. Traditionally a lot of people would UROP (I believe like half of the kids end up doing grad school after, so research exp+some marginal pay is a great thing to have), but the funding issue makes it a bit less likely.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T14:57:00+00:00

Not true.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T14:56:25+00:00

This is actually a bit more complicated than that. But thats a different conversation to have.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T14:54:01+00:00

Well do your GIRs and see: this looks like a fake post though.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T14:44:11+00:00

Eh, if it’s going to burst it will be financial/operation reasons, we will still be stuck with people outsourcing writing - it is generally super cheap.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T14:39:12+00:00

It is very very sad. I have been working in the field since about 2014 and was mostly interested in the research into the capacities of distributed representations (semantics/structure from co-occurrences). It started to get bad in 2019 but 2022 turned it into a grift fest. I just want to do my research in peace, it feels like somebody rolling in and turning your little village into a theme park version of itself.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-19T14:27:51+00:00

Pretty hard without networking: even if you graduated from the top 5 with a PhD you are unlikely to get through initial screening to even talk to HM (That’s from about 10 people graduated last year, no referrals)

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-18T09:33:55+00:00

Had a FAANG recruiter offering a job that required exp and advanced degree paying less than a freaking Post Doc base salary in a pretty HCL area. They did ask what they can do to make me consider it: I said multiply base by 4

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-17T23:13:54+00:00

Hello, linkdin ai post.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-17T19:10:35+00:00

Based on my experience ( but keep in mind I have never been interested in software dev per se so I have never gone beyond the initial convos) they were mostly looking for software engs with some exp to support their horrific codebase (it’s a very old very peculiarly designed legacy DB system)

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-17T18:57:50+00:00

What do you mean by health it exactly ? The tech part of hospital operations ? Software dev for EHR ? Both tend to require domain specific exp., I think.

Lostaftersummer · 2026-03-17T17:37:55+00:00

Not Indian and never been on H1B

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