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“They urgently need a copy of my passport.” The developer told about a miracle vacancy from five recruiters at once with a salary significantly higher than the market and a strange requirement

Intel plans to lay off over 21,000 employees — first major restructuring under new CEO

"If there were no work at all, I would accept the offer. If there was an opportunity, I would fuck them on LinkedIn." Are IT professionals ready to work full-time for $150-$200 a month: discussion

Microsoft has updated its employee performance policy. Among the changes is a two-year ban on rehiring unproductive professionals.

“If the test is huge, it should be paid for”. IT-professionals discuss a test task for a Junior UI/UX Designer who was tasked with redesigning a landing page

HR зібрала пять питань, які фахівці з рекрутингу й досі ставлять на співбесідах, а вона радить залишити в минулому. І ось чому

Human Resources Business Partner у Southwave Аліна Міхайловська сказала, що колись сама ставила деякі питання на співбесіді. Але після того, як проаналізувала відповіді, вирішила переробляти свої формулювання. Вона зібрала ці відповіді в окрему добірку й радить іншим HR-ам залишити їх у минулому.

HR complained that sometimes even good candidates communicate like they are inadequate after being rejected. What do IT professionals think about this?

Daria Karpin, Head of HR at the software, web and mobile solutions development company Codebridge Technology, believes that when, after a rejection or refusal of employment, a passive-aggressive message or just swearing falls into the recruiter’s personal messages, the door closes not only to one company. Why do even good candidates behave like this, she asked. Here is what the IT community answered her.

"I was laid off for the stupidest reason in my entire life." Developer shares story from his own experience when HR denied him a job because of his ambition

Front-end developer Artem Bohdan told how his employer denied him a job because of one ambitious phrase during an interview.

"The trick is in the homework stage." The developer spoke about a new fraudulent scheme under the guise of recruiting IT professionals

Frontend Developer created a game for passing an interview as a frontend developer: how to play the RPG Interview Game

In Ukraine, they are looking for a powerful vibe coder with a salary of up to $12,000, who will be 5-10 times faster than a developer. What do IT professionals think about this "fabulous" vacancy?

A vacancy for a web coder (FullStack) was posted on Djinni, which aroused lively interest in the LinkedIn IT community.

"I found my soulmate at work, where company policy forbade it. HR regularly reminded me that it was a violation of the rules." Are relationships at work acceptable? Digital specialists and IT professionals debate

Chief Marketing Officer Danylo Orlov said that he found his love at work — in a company where relationships between colleagues were forbidden. The topic of relationships at work turned out to be very sensitive for the community — Danylo’s post received about a hundred comments.

"I've been working as a cleaner for 1.5 years. I feel like shit." A programmer from Ukraine complained about life in Canada because she can't find a decent job. What do IT professionals advise?

Former programmer Maryna Pylypchenko emigrated to Canada three years ago due to a full-scale invasion, and now complains that she can’t find a decent job — she works as a cleaner.

“Once you submit your resume, the hiring process is just beginning, and this is your chance to show how serious you are.” How to speed up your dream job offer: some practical tips

A selection of soft skills from an experienced Team Lead and developer that will be useful to every IT professional

"Creative+Code": 4 resume features that helped a teacher land a job as a developer at Google

Keith Anderson went from teaching to Big Tech — he worked at Meta, Uber, and DoorDash. But he started his IT career at Google, even though his family thought it was unrealistic for a school teacher who had self-taught front-end development.

Genesis COO leaves position to grow religious AI startup Duomo

Gorohovsky about open vacancies at monobank for developers: "If you are looking for something quiet to sit and not shine, then you definitely won't like our approach"

Companies that harass their employees will lose immunity from fines and inspections — the Rada adopted the bill

"Conventional 'coffee and cookies' are not a bonus." The developer raised the topic of benefits among IT workers. What do they actually consider to be "bonuses" from the company, and what is just a "patch"?

Team Lead and experienced Python developer Olena Kuznetsova raised the question of what can actually be considered bonuses from the company for employees, and what benefits the business offers actually harms productivity. The developer provided her list, and in the comments to her post, other IT professionals shared their thoughts on the matter.

"There are times when requests go beyond traditional expectations." What unusual demands do IT professionals make of IT companies: the experience of top employers

Sometimes IT specialists can behave quite immodestly and demand a lot of things from the employer that the latter is not obliged to provide or is not able to provide at all. dev.ua asked specialists from Ukrainian IT companies about the strangest demands that IT specialists have made to the employer in their practice. The situations are quite interesting.

Instead of a face, a plate with scrambled eggs and toast: the director of an AI startup shared a strange interview

How to achieve a win-win effect when volunteering and working in IT? The experience of the NIX team

It turns out that experience in the technology industry is quite effective for volunteering. Some approaches to completing tasks perfectly complement and improve results in each of these areas. But how to achieve a win-win effect when you constantly volunteer and work in IT?

"I have a basic interview fee of $2,000. I work only on a subscription basis." The candidate asked to pay for his participation in the interview, setting a hefty fee. Discussion with 90+ comments

Talent Acquisition Manager Anna G. talked about a new level of self-presentation of the candidate — he asked to pay for his participation in the interview. And the fee was quite high.

Amazon's Engineering Manager Has Conducted Over 100 Technical Interviews. Here Are 4 Questions He Always Asks When Evaluating Every Candidate

"I didn't send the test to anyone, you can delete it from the chat, but keep it just in case." Aitivets was rejected by a potential employer because he asked to pay for the test. The community is discussing

"In the end, they offered me 40% less." The developer told how the employer dumped him during the interview. Aitutaki residents debate whether it's worth agreeing to it

The strange question Jeff Bezos asks candidates in interviews. Why do psychologists think it's genius?

“Money or development?” a developer asked the community. What did the majority choose and why?

Node.js developer Volodymyr Lipovsky wondered how to choose between two offers, one of which promised money, comfort and stability, and the other — development, challenge and interest. With such a choice in mind, he turned to the community. Here is which side IT people took in over 200 comments and what arguments they gave.

“Who is this — Zakhar, Roman, Yevhen?” HR Generalist responded to the vacancy, and a recruiter with three different names answered her. In the process of finding a job, several more interesting stories happened to her