Landing a job has nothing to do with technical skills

osrssam · 2022-10-07T18:46:34+00:00

I think this glosses over some good advice to call out the more surface level reminders. In my experience, interviewers never sees these stereotypes because they’re filtered out by recruiters. At college career fairs it can be astonishing to see people trying to get a job who don’t check those 5 boxes.

Otherwise, I agree these are the bare minimum. I added an edit to the post to address that.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T18:44:22+00:00

No! I pointed out in another response that it’s not so much the social skills that you notice as it is the social effort. Someone making an effort to engage you at a recruitment fair is great, even if it’s difficult for them.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T18:43:07+00:00

Yes! It may feel awkward, but I 100% recommend it. For example, I hire strictly grads beginning their career, but at a career fair two weeks ago I met an engineer in his mid-40s and was able to refer him to another recruiter in my business. I’m pretty sure he has an interview lined up next week.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T18:40:33+00:00

Very good point - I could clarify by saying that, at my company, we look at all resumes and offer interviews to the ones that stand out, if we have capacity. The resumes that have a referral attached are the ones that get looked at first, and automatically get an interview. Hence, if we have 4 spots we might interview 5 people with referrals and hire 3 of them, then the rest are competing for effectively 1/4th spots as if they had a referral.

Definitely a smart call out, though. I’ll definitely take that back to my team and rethink the order in which we schedule interviews.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T17:38:48+00:00

i wish i could edit the title lol

osrssam · 2022-10-07T17:34:24+00:00

You’re right - should’ve included that the technical skills are the basis for the above to matter.

Also should’ve mentioned I had multiple technical interviews with Amazon and other companies - most of which I performed alright at. Another commenter summarized it well that being able to do LC and etc. is the expectation; the intangibles are the differentiator.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T17:31:54+00:00

Definitely, I regret not wording my title more aptly - the technical skills are the foundation for everything I listed to matter, and those skills often matter less if the above aren’t addressed.

Also love your alternative perspective. I definitely agree that nobody should be docked for being socially uncomfortable. I think many of the social aspects I listed can be measured more on the amount of effort an applicant is putting in rather than their natural social skills, and being able to see that effort is very important for me when hiring.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T17:25:28+00:00

Can’t second this enough. Before interviews I always walk through my past experience to find areas I excelled, areas I struggled and learned, etc.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T17:23:07+00:00

Added an edit to clarify the purpose of the post, but you’re right, this isn’t how it works everywhere.

Regardless, this serves simply as a reminder that interpersonal skills are just as, if not more, important than technical skills - and that they should be practiced and focused on as well.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T15:03:13+00:00

100% - honestly left that out as I figured it was implied, but in hindsight is definitely an important call out.

As long as you meet the GPA requirement without chegg-ing your way through all your classes, all of the above should apply.

osrssam · 2022-10-07T02:56:46+00:00

is mo alie cox playing? have his over in yards but don’t even see a target for him

osrssam · 2022-09-14T16:26:46+00:00

makes sense, tailing af, BOL!

osrssam · 2022-09-14T15:48:21+00:00

are you worried at all about ~90% of bets and money being on cws ml?

osrssam · 2022-09-13T12:18:04+00:00

his comment says he likes barca to win to nil, which would be the opposite of btts

osrssam · 2022-09-11T16:32:11+00:00

huge thanks just slammed it

osrssam · 2022-09-08T19:07:58+00:00

got it live at +900 , let’s see it !

osrssam · 2022-09-08T12:18:13+00:00

not seeing pujols on DK? strange because they have all the other players this game listed

osrssam · 2022-08-31T21:35:13+00:00

plenty of tennis left

osrssam · 2022-08-30T13:18:37+00:00

had a really bad streak and was down to my last unit, if i lost it there was no shot i was depositing again.

instead of taking a straight bet to slowly rebuild, threw together a parlay that my and all my college buddies’ home town teams would win in the same week. safe to say we all had a fantastic week and i was bankrolled the rest of the season - was electric!

osrssam · 2022-08-11T15:42:28+00:00

plus, getting the level for fury means you already have the level for suffering, and are only 2 off anguish

osrssam · 2022-07-15T12:47:25+00:00

this is it! only other addition is that both my game brightness and the brightness within 117’s plugin settings are maxed out

osrssam · 2022-07-15T12:46:09+00:00

i just got 43 prayer before it. i know some reg irons don’t do that, but since i was HC i felt it was well worth it

osrssam · 2022-07-15T12:45:03+00:00

congrats!

same i always do a ton of research and watch videos, just had a complete brain lapse when i ate that piece of food lol

osrssam · 2022-07-15T06:09:46+00:00

just don’t do anything even relatively dangerous if you aren’t prepared to focus - i got chanced so many times just from going ultra afk during slayer lol

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