2 years ago after attempt 1 and 2 with this company, I was approached again by the same recruiter who left me hanging previously.
The job was about java support to the entire company, we will be the last line of defense, with on-call and top only 1 ticket per day but at maximum severity.
Attempt 2 was for a previous line of defense, I was offered 2x my previous salary, so I thought well now I earn 2x what I did before, this is for a higher level, so I might as well ask for more.
I did, I was told they were going to check, I didn’t heard back in 1 week so I contacted them and they told me they were going to offer the same, I said no thanks.
3 weeks after that, I applied to an outsourcing company that posted a job about java L4 support, which was very odd. When I received the call they told me that the job was for MO and we couldn’t continue the process due to that.
I contacted MO again and they offered me about 6k more per year and the opportunity to work with new technologies.I said yes and we continue with the recruiting process.
I was finally invited to an on-site interview and they gave me the details for the position:
- Spring
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Java OOP
Of course I mastered 5 but the other things weren’t related at all with the java L4 support last line of defense and bla bla bla.
When I got to the interview, I was asked about that I told them I had no hands-on experience with 1-4 but I knew what each one of them does.
They told me that 85% of their time is spend developing new stuff and the rest is supporting.
At that moment I knew I wasn’t going to get the job, not because I lacked some skills but because the recruiting process was bad.
I sent an email 1 week after the interview just to check if I was still in the race or not, I didn’t want to know if I got the position because I knew that wasn’t possible but knowing if I got kicked out or not was possible.