Job Search in current market for a PM

Got laid off in Jan 2024. Have been applying to at least 20 jobs on an average every single day (~4800 applications) got 4 calls, O interviews scheduled.

What all platforms did you use for job search and which platform got you the offer?

Bhai I am thinking of resigning next month and don't have any offers. Is it okay to resign without any offers will i be able to get a job . I have 3+ yrs in Java and React

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Hi can we please connect. I've been looking for jobs for 1.8 years now and have never received any response from the positions I've applied to. I have received over 7000 rejections. I did tailor my resume as per JD, applied to 12-15 jobs a day initially. But as time went by I got desperate and started applying to jobs other than those in product management. I've only received calls from naukri but that was until last year.. Now I'm not receiving any calls, idk why. I did clear interviews with Morgan Stanley, Nielsen, Upland, Value Labs, and was promised an offer letter. But I never received an offer and after months of follow-up the companies stated that the position has been cancelled or filled internally and then ghosted and stopped responding. How did you land a job in such a short time. When I was in college, I never landed an internship as well. I didn't get placed from college. I applied to many positions but never received any calls. All the jobs I landed were through Naukri. I've got my resume reviewed multiple times. Changed format, changed whole resume, each word of resume as well, I've just never been shortlisted. How are people getting calls and getting shortlisted. I only receive "we have moved forward with another candidate" email and the positions still remain open. Idk can you please please help.

what's your offer at 4YOE?

By when the pm job market expected to improve

@holdencaulfield can I DM you?

Whats the niche technical area? And was that helpful in the final offer/interviews?

That's a nice flashy chart. The thumb rule has always been 100:10:1. It means if you apply for 100, you get an interview call for 10, and you finally get 1 offer.

Congo meri jaan

Is this yours? Saw a similar one prepared by Akash Gupta

That's a good one. I also went through a similar scale. This will be helpful to those who only see end results, but there are a lot of failures and rejections before this. So the the lesson is do not loose hope keep trying. Rejections are part of process not a full stop.

While the market is definitely bad, I hope OP and all others searching for a job also review their approach periodically and tweak some things differently especially if just applying on job sites yields little or no success

Thank you so much, your post is really motivating, I'm also a PM with 3.5 YOE from old IIT. Hoping to get an offer from somewhere soon

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Getting 40 positive responses in 144 applications is actually huge and rare i would say.

4YoE in product role itself or Do you have any prior work experience before PM?

Can you give an idea what salary range you were trying for and then job secured had what salary bracket?