Interviewing While Employed

Time to interview somewhere else!

Two companies that I was in the process interviewing, cancelled the interviews this week. I am thankfully employed but I was thinking of leaving the company I work for. Having said that there are other companies still willing to hire.

On a related note, one of my friends told me that I should continually interview with companies (3-4 an year) so that, in case of such problems, I can call them and quickly see if they have other openings I may be a fit for. Plus it also gives me better idea of my current salary potential. Do people on HN agree with that?

Why would I leave a good job to do a few weeks of interviewing for your company?

I compare finding a new job with dating. It is scary to do the first view interviews/dates but each one gets easier. Do one every week or 2 weeks and in a few months you are a pro. Don't care about anybody noticing that you are very busy / up to something. The current employer doesn't care for you anyway. The act of searching/taking your faith in your own hands will feel liberating, I promise. Jobs are different, even when they have a similar description. Who you work fo

In my opinion, it's always good to be regularly interviewing and talking to other companies. I don't think the job search process should be so binary.Start talking to other companies, reply to some recruiting emails that interest you, etc. It doesn't mean you have to leave you current position, but talking to other companies forces clarify what you are really looking for in your job and potential next opportunity. It also helps you get a sense of what other companies are lookin

The argument seems very all or nothing, being increasingly visible about interviewing elsewhere might get the employer to take actions that help the OP prepare for a new job.

Start interviewing again. Seriously. Worst case scenario your new job works out. That's pretty good downside.

Seen that, but more often than not it's:I see you're working as $ROLE in $COMPANY_A. How would you like the exact same $ROLE in $COMPANY_B? Or worse, How would you like $ROLE-1 in $COMPANY_B.Sorry but it's going to take at least $ROLE+1 to get me to uproot my life and go through that interview gauntlet again.Of course, as I said in another post, the calculus changes entirely if you're unemployed and need "something, anything".

If companies just offered jobs immediately instead of going down a 5 interview leetcode process people would switch more often. The process is designed for someone unemployed.