fullstack developers: do recruiters try and get you to interview as front end?
i've been interviewing lately for a new job, and i've noticed that recruiters seem to want to push me into front end roles and i was wondering how common this is. my history is backend, other than my current role (3/4 of the years i've been working has been backend).
this includes recruiters from big companies like google, Amazon etc.
i'm curious if this happens to other people.
Posted Aug 10, 2017, 10:10 PM UTC
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Could be:
I think it's pretty tough to point out the exact reasoning without seeing what the recruiters are seeing (resume, portfolio, github, etc).
the last five years of my resume all have js listed, but also backend stuff. my current title is fullstack, last two were backend.
people interviewing me have gone 🤔, you don't sound like FE. it seems like a persistent recruiter problem.
Keep in mind that recruiters are often pressured to fill positions. They aren't always going to look out for whats best for you. I can totally see them being like "lots of full stack development = able to do any front-end job I need to fill".
yeah, though one of those recruiters who pressured me was from Google so 🤔
Well if it's from google then I would just be happy to get your foot in the door and then move around from there.