The job market for senior professionals with several years of experience remains challenging in 2025, particularly for those recently impacted by major layoffs at large organisations.
A user took to Team Blind to express frustration about their personal experience, citing the lack of responses from employers amid a high volume of candidates vying for the same roles.
“How are the affected people who have 10+ years of experience finding the market. My personal experience has not been very good so far after the impact in Amazon layoffs. Most of the companies are not replying or they have too many number of candidates for the same position. [To be honest] I was caught off guard not prepared/practised in exceptional LeetCode skills recently so a uphill battle but the dry spell is way worse,” the user wrote.
Amazon recently cut off 30,000 corporate jobs as part of a larger restructuring effort.
Growing competition a concern
The growing competition has made landing interviews tough, especially for those who have not recently honed skills on technical challenges like LeetCode problems, a key interview component in tech hiring, according to an analysis by ShareCoder.
Increased competition and skill demands
Industry experts point out that while senior engineers with directly transferable or niche domain expertise still get multiple offers, many face an uphill battle if their skills are too specialised or proprietary, such as experience limited to a particular company’s internal systems, according to a blog by pragmaticengineer.com
Market conditions’ impact
The current market is described as an employer’s market with sparse openings. An oversupply of experienced engineers competes for these limited opportunities, meaning that even those with solid backgrounds must distinguish themselves in interviews.
Candidates returning from career breaks or who lack recent project showcases find themselves at a disadvantage. Some reports note that companies are also warier of hiring candidates with gaps, further complicating the search for stable roles.
Ravio’s 2025 Tech Job Market Report describes stable but cautious hiring rates at 29% (unchanged from 2024). Early-stage start-ups have cut hiring by 35%, leaving limited spots amid talent abundance.
Is ageism a factor?
According to the Talent Trends Report by Michael Page India, preventing age discrimination in the workplace emerged as the number one Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) priority for employees in India. This level of concern is particularly striking given that only 13% of all respondents reported having experienced any form of workplace discrimination. However, among the 13% who did report bias, 40% cited age as the main factor, making it the most persistent form of discrimination reported.
Contrary to the belief that ageism only affects older workers, the data shows it is a pervasive issue across all generations, though the impact is felt differently. Among older workers (50s and above), 52% reported experiencing age-related incidents, Economic Times reported.
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