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29-year-old Semen Zakharov has been in IT for about two years and currently works as a Junior Frontend Developer at Ratifire, a company that develops an online platform Skillzzii for training and assessing interview skills. But he didn’t get into the tech world right away. For a long time, he wanted to become a trainer, tried his hand at the restaurant industry, and even embarked on a business path, but he could never have imagined then that he would become a developer. Semen told dev.ua what made him go into an industry that was the opposite of what he had seen and tried in his life, and how he managed to jump on the «last train» despite the difficulties that accompany switchers in their search for work.

Senior Frontend Developer Kyrylo Lutsenko shared in a post the recruiter’s answer and question, which was sent to his friend in response to the CV she sent. He asked the community how many personal red flags specialists counted for themselves after reviewing the list of these questions. Did IT specialists find anything scary for themselves there?

Recently, on social media, HR development company Daria Karpin shared an observation about candidates who, after receiving a rejection, could switch from normal communication to passive-aggressive messages or just swearing. Have other recruitment professionals encountered something similar? It turns out that such cases are not isolated. Here’s what recruiters told dev.ua and shared the lessons they learned from similar situations.

Project Manager Igor Taratayko encountered strange requirements for an offer from a recruiter. Previously, at least one of them could be closed at the employer’s expense.

Frontend Lead with nine years of experience, Serhiy Babayev, raised the topic of the cost of work for lead-level specialists on LinkedIn. How much should a lead be paid? IT professionals are pondering.

Software Developer Oleksiy Shevtsov published a screenshot of a vacancy from the company Readdle on LinkedIn, which indicates that the developer of a Ukrainian product does not hire specialists based in Ukraine.

Manager Polina Levitska saw in a post of a CEO a question that he asks at every interview. And if the candidate cannot answer this question, the CEO ends the interview. She decided to find out what the experts would say? Here are the opinions of IT specialists on this matter.

Recruiter Igor Andreyko asked the IT community whether candidates from Ukraine were ready to record a 5-minute video where the person would talk about the most interesting project for them, the technologies used, the team, responsibilities, etc., as is practiced in the USA.

80% of IT professionals reading dev.ua admit that they use artificial intelligence to write code. The so-called vibecoders thus simplify and speed up their work. We conducted a small survey and found out in which cases Vibe coding is appropriate and useful, whether IT professionals are satisfied with the quality of code written by artificial intelligence, and how to correctly formulate a prompt for AI so that the result satisfies the requester as much as possible.

Business Operations Manager Yulia Rubanska told how the recruiter conducted a screening interview. According to the results, the candidate completed the test task much faster than the set time, but with a «three». When asked to refine the test, he replied that this is a full-fledged job that should be paid. And what do other specialists from the IT community think?

За останній рік 18,2% айтівців в Україні були звільнені. Найбільше постраждали нетехнічні спеціалісти: Design, Sales та Marketing. За кордоном цей показник більший — 22% українських ІТ-фахівців, QA / AQA Engineer та Software Engineer — серед найвразливіших категорій. 

22-year-old Front-end developer Yevhen Klymenko raised the topic of replacing development with artificial intelligence on LinkedIn. He worries that AI will make it even harder to find a job in the future, and that he wasted several years studying programming for nothing. What do IT professionals think about the prospects of the industry?

Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience, Oleksiy Krychevsky, quit his job in February 2024 before the birth of his son. The IT engineer’s plans were to help his wife and spend more time with the baby, and after 3-4 months to find a new project. He thought it would be easy, like before, but he was faced with new IT realities. He was already ready to go to work at McDonald’s, but thanks to his wife’s support, he didn’t do it.

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. 

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.

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