Hello! It’s #vsrativakansii again. And again, there are a few crony offers and HR stories that are being hotly discussed by IT people.
Hello! It’s #vsrativakansii again. And again, there are a few crony offers and HR stories that are being hotly discussed by IT people.
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JavaScript Technical Lead Volodymyr Shaitan showed a job with a super low salary for the title listed in the description. «Do you want to become a signor for $500?» he asked .
This vacancy was sent to us by a reader. «I’m attaching a screenshot in the attachments, in case the vacancy becomes unavailable. The salary of 5,000 UAH is still „little things“. But the requirements are „organization of testing processes, functional tests, integration; automatic and manual tests“ — and here — it’s up to you! — not to respond with experience in IT,» he commented on the offer.
Senior DevOps Engineer Mykola Turnaviotov showed the offer with the remark: «Ladies and gentlemen, forgive us ignoramuses… WHAT IS THIS FOOL?» The fact is that the vacancy has rather strange requirements regarding the conditions of the interview — from lighting to dress code.
SMM manager Viktoriya Nedryga told about a trash interview that ended in hysterics for the girl because of one question asked by the hiring specialist.
«Lately, I’ve been seeing trash stories about interviews and 'terrible candidates' more and more often in the feed. I also want to share my trash story, but from the candidate’s side. Over a year ago, I had an interview that ended in hysteria for me. No, not because of the refusal, but because of the recruiter’s question, 'weren’t you a separatist at times?' Do you know why? Because I’m from Mariupol. Mariupol, which at that time was already in ruins. Mariupol, which I was forced to leave. Mariupol, where my loved ones and my home remained,» she said .
Software Engineer Serhiy K. posted a job seeking a Vibe coder. «Has it started? I think a lot of programmers became Vibe programmers a year ago, before it became mainstream,» he commented .
HRD Yar Bozhik talked about a vacancy in which the requirements for the HR position do not require specific knowledge.
«Now I’ve seen it all. The only question that torments me is what was the point of taking a bunch of courses, studying, experimenting, trying… if you could just play games and have the HRD position. It seems to me that the labor market is slowly losing its sanity,» he noted .
Lead of Recruitment Alyona Kashchuk showed a proposition with selective locations for remote work. «Working from anywhere in the world? In fact, it’s not that simple. Now more than 50% of candidates are looking for remote work. They write from everywhere, hoping that they can work «anywhere». But the reality is somewhat different. As a recruiter, I encounter this every day. Many confuse «remote work» with the ability to work from anywhere. But to work abroad you need:
«And yet… employers are not always happy with such „mobility.“ For example, in the US, most companies hire only those who are already in their territory or have strong recommendations. Even LinkedIn shows such vacancies mainly for candidates from the US,» she noted .
From her own experience, the specialist said that many candidates think: «Well, I’ll work remotely, what difference does it make where I am physically located?»
«But for employers, there is a difference. Sometimes even time zones, internet stability, or data security issues play a decisive role. So is it really possible to work from anywhere in the world? Or is this a myth that you want to believe in?» she asks.
And this is a vacancy from the Telegram channel «Troublesome Recruitment» with the following description from the author: «They call this employment part-time! Working schedule — from 06.00 to 14.00 am UA time, 4 working days and 2 days off. This is essentially the same 160 hours per month, only the pay will be 2 times less, because it’s part-time.»
IT Recruiter Natalia Ryzyak told about an interview in which the candidate could not be made an offer because he allegedly did not know who he was talking to during the interview.
«You study for an hour. You wait for questions, you only get three: What salary? How many days of vacation? And what will my day look like? At the same time, more than five times the candidate tells me that he has very, very many offers. If this is a way to somehow scare me, then it doesn’t work. I say goodbye, I say: I will write you our decision. And in response I hear: wait, WHO are you and where did we have a dialogue with you? An hour has passed, and on the other side of the screen, the person doesn’t understand who I am… A day has passed. I write a refusal. The candidate wants an explanation… I write the truth. The answer is shocking… If it so happened that you didn’t remember the name of the HR person with whom you spoke for an hour, don’t say: wait, what is your name?», she said .
Here’s another story from an interview with Ukrainian developer Mike Gurba.
«No one showed up for the scheduled interview. I wait 5 minutes, write to the manager — „Will anyone be at the interview?“, in response — „Wait, we are talking to the previous candidate“, no apologies for the delay, nothing. I ask — „Why do I need this?“, in response — blocking in Telegram,» he shared .
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