How many places did you have to interview before you landed your current job? And/or how long were you actively looking?

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seriously looking since june, probably around 20-25 conversations, got three offers last month

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6 months, probably 20 agencies, 10 of them last the first round. Pre-Covid.

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2, 1 month.

Maybe 20 since November last year.

Congrats!

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I Interviewed at 3 places. Landed at the at the 3rd. All in all it took about 4 months.

Interviewed at 3 places and got offers from 2. Was actively looking for 1.5 months

Looked June through October, started my new job mid November. Had about 2-3 interviews per week and applied to 10-20 jobs per day. Turned down several follow up interviews after first or second round. There’s A LOT of job seeker competition right now.

Just accepted an offer after looking since april, interviewed with 6 or 7 places

2, but with a lot of work to network first and get in touch with people who could open doors.

Maybe 8 across 2-3 months.

Looked at 20 places and applied to 17, interviewed with 9, made the final round with 5, received offers from 3. Time frame was this past February so roughly 4 weeks.

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