How many applications, rejections, interviews did you have to go through before landing your next offer? How long was your job search?

Just looking for some job search statistics bc I'm struggling to hear back from companies I am interested in :(

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Over a year of soft searching, about a year of actively searching and interviewing. Be patient but you’ll find the right role in due time.

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Countless applications, probably over 50, and got interviews for maybe 8 of them. Of those, most were from reaching out or being reached out to by a recruiter, or getting referrals from people in my network. It’s easy to apply to a lot of jobs but in my experience the best way to get interviews is to establish a relationship beforehand with someone on the team. Even if that team isn’t hiring now, they may be in six months from now and you’ll be top of mind when they need someone.

About 5 months. Took me 3 months and 100 plus networking requests to land 3 interviews. Will be accepting one of the offers.

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Took me about 6 months. I applied to 175 roles, had 12 HR screens, 9 first round interviews, 7 final round interviews, and have finally received an offer.

Stay positive and do not give up. I had the best luck in moving to HR screens by networking with individuals at companies I was interested in. Often times, I would cold reach out to people in a role that I’m interested in or a company recruiter on LinkedIn.

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Started in January and just got the offer last week. But this was weird and market is hot right now

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Great. Good luck

A year

How many applications did you submit vs get interviewed for?

Been a year

How many applications did you submit vs get interviewed for?

2 months. Started applying and doing some first round interviews but an old connection actually reached out with an opportunity that I ended up taking.

Leverage that network

Thanks!

I’d say about one application and one interview per week. I didn’t go the volume route on applications and tried to qualify the opportunity a bit more.

If the search would’ve gone on longer though I’m sure I would have gone the volume route.

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