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[–] Arigion@feddit.de 225 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Here's an article about it: https://dev.to/maggiecodes_/how-i-applied-to-a-tech-job-using-a-post-request-193d

The thing that annoys me is the response. It should return status 201 created and the id of the new resource for future delete/update operations. Instead it returns 200 ok and some clear text. Wouldn't want to work with such an API.

[–] umbraroze@kbin.social 174 points 1 year ago (4 children)

/serious Well, yes, most APIs are meant for system-to-system interaction, that's kind of a given. But since this particular API is clearly meant for human-to-system interaction, returning a human-readable response is adequate. Yes, a better design would probably allow the client to specify additional parameters about the desired response.

/back-to-jokes Yeah, well this kind of sums up most of my job applications. I send an application and the recruiting people are all like "OK".

[–] hstde@feddit.de 119 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least you do get a response.

[–] anarchyrabbit@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Highly understated comment

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[–] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's hilarious. Probably the lovechild of some clueless HR dude that thought he was a genius.

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The cringe term "code ninja" supports your theory.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago

Also “rockstar developer” all they were missing is “10x Programmer” to complete the bullshit programmer labels trifecta

[–] hikarulsi@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Because “code slave” is no longer culturally acceptable for the same role

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[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 155 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] drekly@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Hardcore Coding Bro Ready To Crush Some Code"

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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 49 points 1 year ago (3 children)

“You write fast, efficient and safe code”

I don’t think any of that is possible on a blockchain.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 107 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Twitter is even worse. I don't have twitter, I don't want twitter, I don't need twitter and neither does anybody else. On top of that, twitter is dead.

[–] anarchyrabbit@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 year ago

But have your heard of x? *wink"

[–] exu@feditown.com 29 points 1 year ago

It says optional in the comment behind. Would be even better if they allow custom fields for Mastodon and Gitea links.

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[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I love it. If everyone did that, we could even write a sensible fontend for people, so they can look for a job instead of fighting with some sap module that's not even properly translated from german.

[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Mmm. It's not going to happen though. Even this company have failed at standardising their own API.

Key for twitter: "twitter": Key for discord: "discordUsername":

Why are they inconsistent?! Who wrote this? Who signed off on it?!

Oh, and for GitHub you provide a url but for twitter and discord it's just the username?! But the twitter handle has to be prefixed with @. Why?!

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[–] 1984 82 points 1 year ago

Actually pretty cool idea. :)

[–] hellishharlot@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like this for technical roles. Or tech companies in general. That said, they don't have any job descriptions or requirements beyond the API request so it's not easy to tell what they're looking for or how qualified you are. Plus there's no posted salary range

[–] Klame@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The terms "super power" and "code ninja" takes a lot of the offers credibility in my eye.

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[–] HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Front end developer must have rage quit 😁

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who sends API requests if not frontend developers?

[–] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago

Obviously the backend developer trying to test the API. Then creating an openapi spec and the frontend developer importing that to not writing the client by hand.

Besides that, that has to be the lamest DTO possible. They could have added some kind of skills array or an embedded address field to make it more than a flat object.

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[–] Vlyn@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

Honestly that's more user friendly than 9 out of 10 application forms I've run into.

The best way for me to avoid this mess for now has always been an email with my pdf files attached.

[–] Arigion@feddit.de 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can book this as a service for only $499/$999 per month from a dodgy website with no company adress but bold claims about time savings. Lol. Source: https://applybyapi.com/#pricing

But the best thing is: you can't send your open jobs by API. You need to use a rich text editor:

Post your job Upload your logo and use our easy rich text editor to make your posting shine. Unlimited job postings are included with every plan.

[–] athlon@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

…this is literally something an intern could write in a single afternoon.

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[–] zouden@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

That's stupid. Any company who wants to hire people via API has the ability to set up the API.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

I can write an API like this in like 2 hours, this is really not complicated.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cute but I mean... You just copy paste it into postman and fill in the blanks. It doesn't really show anything, it's just novel.

I'm not gonna be as cynical as the other people on here saying that it's because they just want to have a machine/AI process your application. But at the same time I'm gonna be even more cynical, because if they think that machines/AI aren't already processing your PDF resumes, then you're crazy lol

[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised at how many imbeciles a simple step like this will weed out. Lotta unqualified people applying to everything

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[–] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

API is not versioned. Also REST API should not use verbs in their endpoint. POST is already the HTTP verb -- /submit is superfluous.

[–] trevor@lemmy.az.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the picture, it doesn't appear they ever claim to be a REST API.

[–] Noughmad@programming.dev 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If course not, it's to apply for a job. It's a WORK API.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 year ago

To be fair, that's one of the relatively tame and clever one of those.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago

I honestly enjoy stuff like this. I'm employed again recently, fully remote and decent pay thankfully, but I do appreciate stuff like this. It takes some of the monotony out of applying for jobs at least lol

[–] starman@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago

That's really nice idea

[–] Arigion@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And no field to submit my API for answers? I need a phone and a pdf?

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[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit Execs hate this one trick.

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like it, but it's a dick move to require that the resume be hosted at a remote URL. Lots of developers don't have their CV on a website, and one of the strongest devs I've met doesn't even have a LinkedIn profile.

Support a file upload or just Base64-encoded data and you've got something here though.

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[–] Odo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't get past "Verbwire". Like they picked the second half of the name, but then creativity ran out.

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[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It has a built-in filter for the poor folks that use these proprietary services like Twitter X, Microsoft GitHub, and Discord Username.

I wouldn’t apply anywhere asking exclusively for these platforms instead of something generic like: instant messaging, public code forge(s), weblog/microblog(s). I would encourage you, reader, to ask around & make sure your org isn’t hiring based on proprietary service usage. Heaven forbid your applicant is from a place under US sanctions & literally couldn’t use the services even if they wanted …or like your candidate has any values about privacy.

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[–] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

Honestly as far as hiring for this stuff goes, this is more in the "cute" category for me rather than the "annoying" category.

[–] TheDarkBanana87@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I think, its a good idea. And a cool way to open for job application

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, I would pass on this job so fast.

Not because it's hard to fire up curl or something, but because any company that thinks this is a better solution than a human reviewing a resume needs to be smacked. Because you know what the very next step is? They're going to ask for a resume, and then make you sit through that bullshit where you type your resume into a hundred different boxes into their candidate management system / workday / talento / etc., and promise to "get back to you soon."

You know how you can check if a candidate can interact with an API? Send them a coding test. Ask questions. Do some whiteboarding with them. This sort of shit is just some HR ~~lackey~~ ninja thinking they're clever and edgy.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Because you know what the very next step is? They’re going to ask for a resume, and then make you sit through that bullshit where you type your resume into a hundred different boxes into their candidate management system / workday / talento / etc., and promise to “get back to you soon.”

That's a lot of assumptions. What I see here is "Do fizzbuzz before we look at your resumee, will you".

[–] sleepisajokeanyway@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean an API call isn't hard, it cuts down in the amount of resumes probably meaning your resume will be more likely to be looked at. And it let's then know you know the very basics, I've seen some shit on recruiting hell forums and I'm ok with this one. You don't even have to retype anything since the resume field is just a link.

The cringy stuff is "rockstar developer" and ninja, etc. Those are always red flags to me

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it just me, or does their sample request use invalid JSON? The keys should be in quotes, comments aren't in spec (but commonly supported), and trailing commas are invalid as well (but commonly supported).

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • Needless hoop to jump though - red flag 1
  • Having not switched to GraphQL - red flag 2 /s
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