The author has spoken to over 500 technical recruiters since 2019 and shares the dark truth about tech recruitment.
Recruiters prioritize specific years of experience, job titles, and tool proficiencies over a deeper understanding of the tech industry.
To stand out from other candidates, it is important to go beyond the minimum requirements recruiters look for.
The author shares a horror story of a recruitment process with 3 tiered levels of programming challenges that were not revealed until after spending 4+ hours on the first one.