Hi everyone,
That's my first post here despite reading you guys for almost a year term.
Being benched for several months already, I hardly struggle to find a new gig.
Apart from mainline of .NET tech stack I gain certain specific highly demanded competencies like single page JS frameworks and excellent SQL skills. Couple times re-formatted and enhanced my CV, now it looks very impressive and most of agencies tell me that.
However, this does not help me much indeed. I get significant number of calls from agents, they all praise my CV, asking to send it to client and eventually disappear afterwards... weird..
Are there jobs in .NET market at all?
I had circa 6-7 interviews so far, and seems like some companies became insanely capricious and can disqualify you for absolutely minor issues. For instance one Reigate-based company did not take me after successfully passing 4 stages of interviews - phone interview and 3 technical interviews onsite. I did not fail any single technical test and in general left very competent impression to everyone. So what was my surprise to hear from agent that company don't want me just because I was not in a suite on the interview (I was nicely smart-casual dressed, very adequately, and because it was +30 outside)!
Other just disappear and got frozen.
Two more interviews postponed after successful interview, and pushing an agent doesn't helps bringing uncertain answers about the clients. I also called clients directly and they said we are expecting the contract ourselves and can't even estimate when it happens.
Another company local to me had very intensive phone interview which I passed with 100% answers, the invited me to face to face interview which I highly anticipated.
And what happened there was - company specialises on checks and all the interested is to pull out as much info from me as possible, in order to check me for last 5 years. They did not interest about my skills at all and when I asked when is this role about to start the responded "Ah-h, maybe in 3 weeks or one month - when we finish with our check against you". So that's not an answer for someone who seeks for high skilled developer to join them soon, same was my impression about the meeting.
There were couple interviews from Bobs, but who on earth ever takes them seriously=)
So I am wondering - what's going on the market? Are there so many candidates and so little gigs?
As recent as a year ago I found it quite easy to find a new gig, while today you have to tick all the boxes, pass all phone interviews and tests with best result and this still does not guarantee you'll get it?
Anyone who's in the same boat - what's your experience?
That's my first post here despite reading you guys for almost a year term.
Being benched for several months already, I hardly struggle to find a new gig.
Apart from mainline of .NET tech stack I gain certain specific highly demanded competencies like single page JS frameworks and excellent SQL skills. Couple times re-formatted and enhanced my CV, now it looks very impressive and most of agencies tell me that.
However, this does not help me much indeed. I get significant number of calls from agents, they all praise my CV, asking to send it to client and eventually disappear afterwards... weird..
Are there jobs in .NET market at all?
I had circa 6-7 interviews so far, and seems like some companies became insanely capricious and can disqualify you for absolutely minor issues. For instance one Reigate-based company did not take me after successfully passing 4 stages of interviews - phone interview and 3 technical interviews onsite. I did not fail any single technical test and in general left very competent impression to everyone. So what was my surprise to hear from agent that company don't want me just because I was not in a suite on the interview (I was nicely smart-casual dressed, very adequately, and because it was +30 outside)!
Other just disappear and got frozen.
Two more interviews postponed after successful interview, and pushing an agent doesn't helps bringing uncertain answers about the clients. I also called clients directly and they said we are expecting the contract ourselves and can't even estimate when it happens.
Another company local to me had very intensive phone interview which I passed with 100% answers, the invited me to face to face interview which I highly anticipated.
And what happened there was - company specialises on checks and all the interested is to pull out as much info from me as possible, in order to check me for last 5 years. They did not interest about my skills at all and when I asked when is this role about to start the responded "Ah-h, maybe in 3 weeks or one month - when we finish with our check against you". So that's not an answer for someone who seeks for high skilled developer to join them soon, same was my impression about the meeting.
There were couple interviews from Bobs, but who on earth ever takes them seriously=)
So I am wondering - what's going on the market? Are there so many candidates and so little gigs?
As recent as a year ago I found it quite easy to find a new gig, while today you have to tick all the boxes, pass all phone interviews and tests with best result and this still does not guarantee you'll get it?
Anyone who's in the same boat - what's your experience?
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