Hi! It’s #vsrativakansii again. Summer selection of trashy job offers as usual on Friday’s broadcast. Today we’ll talk about offices, AI vacancies, cheap developers, HR for online fans and interrogation before an interview.
Hi! It’s #vsrativakansii again. Summer selection of trashy job offers as usual on Friday’s broadcast. Today we’ll talk about offices, AI vacancies, cheap developers, HR for online fans and interrogation before an interview.
Send vacancies that you think contain strange requirements for candidates to [email protected]
Today, recruiters no longer hide the fact that they use artificial intelligence to describe job vacancies. But sometimes this leads to incidents.
Full stack JS/TS developer Oleksandr Chumachenko came across a job posting that he had described several times, improving the description, probably ChatGPT. «It came in a job posting from Djinni,» he wrote .
HR Halyna Trots came across so-called «office workers.» «Why do they come to you as soon as you update your resume and want to find a great job?
«Personally, such proposals are unacceptable to me, although I know friends who work there and are fine with it,» she wrote and added a screenshot of the correspondence.
Maria Sitnikova, Marketing Manager, told how she ended up in a strange interview-interrogation.
I’m giving you the official opportunity to throw slippers and mean comments at me.
I left Google Meet seven minutes after the conversation started. Here’s the gist of it: I was called to a meeting about maintaining a single page, and the meeting started with the phrase — I have 60 questions for you, answer in no more than 30 seconds. And do you know what the questions were? «Have you promised someone something and not fulfilled it?», «What was your most brilliant project in history,» I say a specific project in which direction, and in response — my favorite.
And most importantly, the answer was always just one phrase: «I understand» or «I heard you.» And you know what? I honestly said: it seems we’re not on the same wavelength, let’s not waste each other’s time — and left. 7 minutes after the start.
«An important moment: I didn’t impose myself. I was called. And in moments like these, I remember that not every contact has to be a coincidence. And that’s normal,» she shared.
HRD Vera Khvust came across an interesting vacancy. «It would seem, well, an ordinary vacancy. Nothing special. But there is a nuance…» she wrote and added screenshots.
The work is remote, five working days (Tue-Sat, 10:00–18:00), they offer a fixed rate of 20,000 UAH and 20% for hired employees. They promise to make payments twice a month.
«We provide all the conditions, we fully train and help. Full payment of work expenses,» the job description says. It also states that they are looking for sociable, competent, and purposeful people.
IT Project Manager Konstantin Latoshkin, told how his friend, having responded to a vacancy, encountered a very strange screening. «The other day, my friend sent a form to fill out before an interview that was sent to him: «Keep it, it’s a treasure for you!» At first I thought that there were standard questions and there was nothing to look at, such as: age, experience, education. But then it got more interesting.
— Living conditions: do you live alone or with your parents?
— Religious views
— Do you drink alcohol? How often?
— Do you smoke?
— Were there any administrative or criminal violations?
This raises many questions. Why does the employer need this information?
«Will it really say anything about the candidate? And most importantly, is it correct to ask such questions at all? Why waste the recruiter’s and the candidate’s time on this?» he wrote .
While searching for a job, SMM manager Marie Chorman came across an offer that, despite its illegal activities, was disguised as a supposedly noble mission.
«About finding a job in Kyiv. Why is every second job you are offered in Kyiv now a scam?! Is it just me, or was it better with this before? I had experience working in similar companies in the past. I worked in specific niches twice. After the first one, I got so depressed that I was treated for a year. After the second one, I received a „salary“ of 2,000 UAH. I left immediately after that,» she said .
Product UI/UX Designer Pavlo Malanchuk published a clipping from a job posting where the employer sets strange restrictions for the candidate. «When looking for a job, sometimes you come across „interesting“ working conditions and the question arises — have companies banned working after hours for a long time? As for me, my personal time is personal because I do what I want,» he said .
Several interviews, including in English, and test tasks, project examples — all this awaits a novice developer if he wants to apply for the Trainee Full Stack Developer position with a salary of $300 for a probationary period that will last 6 months. Then, if he is lucky and hired, they promise to pay $500.
«Of course, I understand that the market dictates the rules and conditions, but isn’t there any common sense left in the field? Time to think about other areas of work? Trainee position!!! Trainee Full stack. With a payment of 300 USD for a trial period, which will be 6 months, and then, if you are lucky enough to pass the trial period — 500 USD, after six months! Technical interview in English! Availability of projects, knowledge and the ability to work independently!», — wrote Frontend Developer Viktor Tyagur, who shared this vacancy on LinkedIn.
On the website robota.ua, the web design agency Davydov Consulting has opened a number of IT vacancies with a maximum salary of 18,000 UAH.
One of these vacancies was shared on LinkedIn by developer Anatoliy Yakovenko. It was for a Full Stack Java Script programmer for remote work with 15,000–17,000 UAH depending on experience.
«Everything is great about this vacancy — from the level of pay to the range. That is, if I have little experience — 15,000 UAH, if I have a lot — 17,000 UAH. Hmm… Junior — 15k UAH, Middle — 16k UAH, Senior — 17k UAH. Somewhere in ATB, the security guard laughs,» Yakovenko wrote .
«Ukrainian employers abroad… what, are you completely scared? Looking for an intern for the position of PM who will work 9 hours a day! for 400 bucks. But with a higher education, a certificate from courses, knowledge of agile, English at B2 and — preferably, of course — with experience, and IT exposure. And from the benefits „well, okay, we won’t put a time tracker on your computer, you can go out for a smoke break every 3 hours“. No comments, guys…», — described the vacancy found by Threads user with the nickname naaakv.
The screenshots she attached highlight the points that anger the girl.
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