#Post: Dear Recruiter or Hopeful Employer

Recruiting.md

Dear Recruiter or Hopeful Employer,

I'm going to be frank.

I don't have the time or energy to have a phone chat with every recruiter who contacts me. If you want to know about me, such as if I'm worth pursuing, I can answer any questions you have via email. I will only talk on the phone to employees of the prospective company.

That said, here's the answer to most questions:

• Are you looking for a new job?
  Not really, unless it meets my specific criteria.
• What position are you?
  UI Engineer with a LOT of experience in full stack dev, architecture and UX/UI design.
• Are you / do you want SR position?
  Yes and no. I want to work at a company with a flat org structure, with other skilled devs I can bounce ideas with and disagree with.
• Where do you want to work?
  Telecommute-friendly and in the city. Near BART is a bonus.
• What vertical do you like to work in?
  I don't care, but I think I'd prefer B2C to improve social interaction.
• What technologies do you want to work in?
  AngularJS.
• What's your #1 priority?
  Finding a social company. I moved to SF by myself and have no good friends. After 2 years, this is pissing me off. I want a young even-gendered company.
• Why do we want you?
  I am the biggest name in AngularJS willing to change companies. I founded AngularUI and have done a bunch more crap. Tell the engineers to checkout my Github.
• What is a good time to setup an interview?
  12pm or later, any day (including weekends) except Tues or Wed, but times should be confirmed.

About your company:

• I don't care how many millions or what names they have backing them
• I don't care how many clients you have
• I don't care how new or long you've been around

Here is what I want to know:

• What technologies do you use?
  • Backend language/framework?
  • Server language/framework?
  • Product, software, saas?
  • Frontend language/framework?
  • CSS preprocessor?
  • CVS tool?
  • Issue / code tracker tool? (Bugzilla, github, pivotal, asana)
• What are the hours?
  • What time / days are most people in the office?
  • What time is your standup (if you have one)?
• How many employees?
• What is (approx) the gender / age distribution?
• What perks (if any) do you offer?
• Do the employees hang out together outside the office?
• Do you contribute Open Source work?
• Does the company attend / host hackathons / competitions / conferences and when was the last one? How many employees are involved?
• Where are you located?