r/BlueOrigin • u/Ok-Competition-953 • 1d ago
Interviews
How has your experience been with recruiters, interviewers, hiring managers? I’ve dealt with a few on 3 different job reqs and they all seem to be very rude and appalled that you would even apply to blue, like they’re too good to speak with anyone non aerospace background (which most of them don’t, before they joined Blue) I’m already inclined, but they seem to be having a hard time finding me a role and going to next steps of an offer. Just my experience, wondering how everyone else’s experience has been?
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u/Gamatronics 1d ago
Mixed experiences on my side. All the recruiters that I interacted with like 3 years ago were incredibly nice. You could really feel that thew were rooting for you the whole way. Same with the hiring team.
Lately it is a different story, reading from a script, treating you like you're 5 years old and that this is the first time you've ever done an interview, condescending and acting as if you owed them your life. That was the HR person. The hiring manager was even worse, the meeting was supposed to be 30 mins but she said it was only 20 mins and cut me off, very rude. She also mentioned that they were spread pretty thin so, that might have something to do with it.
I had another one just last week, that was very different (also HR person), looking for jobs on my behalf, encouraging to apply more, told me to reach out to her with whatever I needed, etc.
You mileage can very I guess.
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u/Filthy_Heret1c 11h ago
My recruiter that I’ve had for my process that I’m going through now is awesome.
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u/anon3472683 1d ago
During my recruiter screening, he could not give less of an F and was just reading off of a script. I didn’t expect the recruiter to be super engaged but it was less than bare minimum
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u/mrcluelessness 1d ago
One person was very dry. "Here is a thing how it work" no intro. Rest was great. Recruiters seem nice. Great convo with a manager. Went over time talking to an director. Think the dry one got me or had someone more fitting they pushed towards another specific role and going through that. Weird part was they only did one interview before full panel.
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u/GoKoala3101 16h ago
A lot of time employees just get told "you're doing interviews now" and there's really no training or support beyond that. It takes a lot of confidence to conduct an interview, and if that person doesn't have it they'll come off as disengaged or rude.
And the tech screens are difficult to manage time wise. You either get someone who wants to defend their thesis on one question or the person who answers with maximum five words.
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u/AngusMacGyver76 5h ago
I’m disheartened to hear that some of you have had negative experiences. My recruiters (had to change since they wanted me for a different role after interviewing) and every interviewer from the director to the hiring managers were very supportive and enjoyable to talk to. Truth be told, it was never “comfortable” due to the inherent stress of an interview, but they were challenging without being antagonistic. I finished with a sense of actual excitement wanting to work with all of them should I land the position. Sorry to hear others have had different experiences.
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u/Enbyhime 1d ago
I’m still waiting to do the loop but the hiring manager and recruiters have been very friendly and relaxed with me. Still nervous for the loop though
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u/steezysama 14h ago
My entire experience has been great. I was interviewed for an apprenticeship, and everyone that Ive been in contact with has been extremely supportive and sent me plenty of links to information to prepare myself. My interviewers were also great. Very laid back and patient, and didn’t hesitate to rephrase a couple questions that were confusing and that really took the pressure off of me
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u/GamerLazerYugttv 1d ago
My experience seems a little different from others, but I've only ever worked with people every step of the way (Recruiter, Hiring Manager) who were extremely passionate about the mission and excited to talk to me. For reference, coming into an entry-level role with a pretty generic resume, nothing crazy.
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u/Sea_Register656 1d ago
My interviewers were all great, the recruiter wasn’t the greatest experience.
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u/Ok_Marsupial1403 1d ago
Notoriously understaffed. HR and recruiting.