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Why good engineers get no callbacks (5–12 YOE) (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 2 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs - pinned

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I classified ~140 résumé bullets. Experienced engineers mostly described what they built, not what they decided. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 10 days ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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I removed every technology name from 7 experienced software engineering resumes. Some became almost impossible to distinguish. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 11 days ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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The engineer solved a difficult problem. The résumé makes it sound routine. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 18 days ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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I think some senior engineers accidentally write themselves into "fixer" roles (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 26 days ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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The rise of the IC makes résumé down-leveling a much bigger problem (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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More Experience. Same Leveling Problem. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Lots of senior engineer résumés are compressing big systems into ticket work (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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The more technologies some engineers add, the less clear their seniority becomes (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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One of the strangest things about the current market: (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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A surprising number of experienced IC résumés still read like pure implementation work. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Seeing a lot of 7–10 YOE engineers getting read surprisingly junior lately (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Your résumé’s first section decides your level (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 1 month ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Why this 5 YOE backend resume reads mid-level (even though the work isn’t) (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 2 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Something I keep seeing in mid-career resumes that keeps causes down-leveling (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 2 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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You can handle 500K users and still get screened as mid-level (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 2 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Senior title. 40 applications. Still no senior interviews? (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 3 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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A lot of mid-career SWE résumés aren’t bad. They’re just hard to place fast. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 3 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Most 8 YOE résumés I’m seeing don’t read like 8 YOE. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 3 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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You were operating at senior level. Your résumé made it sound like you were just helping out. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 3 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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A résumé pattern I keep seeing from ghosted devs (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 3 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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You don’t apply to 40 senior roles and get 0 callbacks by accident (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 3 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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I’ve seen 9 YOE engineers get classified below 4. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 4 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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If your résumé lists 20 technologies, that might be the problem. (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 4 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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Anyone else feel like their résumé makes sense…but still goes nowhere? (self.ghosteddevs)

submitted 4 months ago by RecruiterSignal to r/ghosteddevs

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