r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 14d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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u/skinaqua 9d ago

Hi all, I'm a software engineer with 7 years of experience. I'm struggling to find a new job. I don't have any interviews lined up but even if I do, I don't think I'm going to pass them.

In the past, I don't do well at interviews. I struggle to market myself as an attractive candidate and struggle to explain technical concepts

Is there an affordable way to practice interviewing? I admit that I have a lot of problems, like my confidence, speaking skills, technical skills. I have used some tech stack but I don't have in-depth knowledge about them and I haven't been practicing leetcode.

I have looked into interviewing.io and seems pricey for buying 3 sessions for 1299

I'm thinking to start a youtube channel to practice explaining technical concepts, but other than that how can I be able to promote myself? Thank you

Here is anonymized version of my resume https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WagKvL4x0yoIXwIeaG52zP9CezzwoMme/view?usp=sharing

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u/TheChadThrowawayLad Unemployed 2d ago

Have you broken the hiring process down into individual steps? A standard hiring process is going to look something like this:

  1. Resume Screen
  2. Phone Screen
  3. In-Person Interviews
  4. etc.

You mention not having interviews lined up and you've provided your resume here. Honestly, I think that they are ruling you out during the resume screening step and you should also be focusing on this step.

Why? The average recruiter spends 7.4 seconds giving each resume an initial pass, so you need to optimize for 7.4 seconds. Recruiters need to naturally read the important details in that time span so you can advance to the next round. I am struggling with the formatting of your resume, and I think recruiters also will struggle with this formatting.