Interviewing for a role in another country means 11pm calls and one question I still can't answer smoothly
Three rounds so far, all after 10pm my time because that's their morning. I am measurably worse at 11pm than I am at 11am and there's no prep that fixes that.
The other thing is the visa question. It always comes, usually phrased gently, and my honest answer — yes, I'd need sponsorship — visibly changes the temperature of the call.
I've started asking it myself on the very first call now, before I put twenty hours in. Lost two processes on the spot doing that. Also saved myself two full loops. Net positive, I think, but it feels awful every time.
If you've moved countries for a role: did you raise sponsorship early or let them get invested first?
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AnonymousAnon I raise it in the very first message now, before a screen is even booked. Lost a lot of processes that way and it still comes out ahead, because the ones that keep going are the ones with an actual sponsorship route rather than a recruiter who'll discover the problem at offer stage. The gentle "are you authorized to work here" phrasing is usually them checking whether they need to stop.