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Although Amazon has instituted a hiring freeze and layoffs are probably on their way, I went through the loop for a security engineer position at AWS. Before I attended the final interviews, Amazon placed the hiring freeze and called me to ask if I wanted to go ahead or cancel my application. I decided do go ahead Right now I'm waiting for their response and the position I applied to changed from "under consideration" to "no longer under consideration". Thoughts?
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Wanted to highlight Prudential Financial’s hiring practices. They rescinded my offer once I attempted to negotiate the salary. The official reason given was that I didn’t “sound excited enough”.
They then admittedly gave the offer to someone who was less qualified. There were other red flags throughout the job offer process that the HR team should overall be ashamed of.
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15 months. I was laid off Sept 2023 and didnt land a FT role until Dec 2024. In between I did some contract work and worked retail to pay the bills.
It took me about 4 weeks total from the interview from acquiring the interview to second interview to getting the job
4 months. I was laid off in March 2023 and then started working on July 17, 2023.
Rising Star
I have been unemployed just days shy of 7 months, with just one proverbial iron in the fire at this point. If this one doesn't go my way I'll continue lobbing resumes into the abyss.
5 interviews in 7 months as someone with well over a decade of meaningful experience.
It took me 6 months from when I started my job search to the day I started my new role. Keep at it!
Pro
May 2022 laid off, new position in August 2022.
October 2022 that project cancelled. Next position October 2024. Kept searching for a job and didn’t get one until June 2025 which lasted until April 2026. Still looking.
Took me 6 weeks from being let go to new start date in new role.
It took me about 3 months back in 2023. Expecting it to take longer this time around.
Chief
Keep in mind that there are a TON of people who still haven't found work that won't respond to this post. Based on what I've seen I think it's safe to say you're going to be looking for at least a few months. People finding a new role in the current job climate within weeks are definitely the tiny minority.
Sending out applications has been a black hole of despair. I have had better luck making public LinkedIn posts for current tech trends and having a keyword rich profile so recruiters can find me. Most of my multi-round interviews have come from recruiters.