I am feeling completely stuck. I have six years of experience and have been applying to lateral roles since November. Interviews move slowly and then stall with no explanation. As someone supporting a family this wait is stressful. How much luck are you having right now?

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Same boat! Hang in there!

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That's typical for the market right now. I tell people to expect a job search to take between 3-6 months. Even though there are a lot of positions and firms hiring, there are a lot of people on the market as well, so a lot of competition for each role. Just got to keep the process going.

So many factors go into this, I can usually tell from my first call with a candidate how long we will be at it, but I’m even surprised sometimes

There are many reasons this could happen. It could be that your interview pitch/messaging is off. Are you working with a recruiter and is that person prepping you for interviews? What practice area are you in?

I gave up after doing 126 interviews from late 2023-2025. Around 20 of those were final interviews. I even had two verbal offers fall through as well, both from CEOs directly.

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