Reminder that it's really hard to get hired in October, November, and December. So if you've been job seeking and have gotten very little traction the past few months, know that it's not you. Don't give up hope!
* Hiring teams have the fewest open roles left at year's end
* It's tough to put interview schedules together because everyone is on vacation
* Even with the interviews, it's tough to schedule the debrief + hiring committee + offer review
Etc
This is especially challenging at smaller startups.
If the CTO wants to review every hire, then decides to take some vacation like a normal person, it essentially freezes the hiring pipeline.
The inverse is also true: if you want to hire great people at a relative advantage, interviewing over the holiday season is a great way to do that. You can interview a great candidate, decide to hire them, and make them an offer, while all of your competitors are eating turkey and pie.
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