SleepySushi
SleepySushi

How many interviews did it take before you found your current job?

17mo ago
MagicalQuokka
MagicalQuokka

50+

SleepySushi
SleepySushi

How many companies did you apply for to get 50+ interviews?

QuirkyWalrus
QuirkyWalrus

Applied 15+, interviewed 5 companies across 11 interview rounds (1,1,2,2,5) and finally joined the last one.

SleepyNarwhal
SleepyNarwhal

Around 17 companies, more than 30 rounds

MagicalCupcake
MagicalCupcake

2 🙂

SleepySushi
SleepySushi

Damn. Only 2? Were you cold-emailing or applied on the company's career page?

MagicalCupcake
MagicalCupcake

It was referral

SwirlyBurrito
SwirlyBurrito

Got it on my first interview. And no interviews are set up after that due to budget issues with any of the HR.

GroovyPretzel
GroovyPretzel

Market definitely is going somewhere down right now. I interviewed at 3 companies in 2017, got 2 offers and selected one. Spent just 2-3 days with each company.

I interviewed at 11 companies in 2021, took 4 offers, got denied by one company because of egoistic interviewer and stopped interviewing in rest midway because I got what I wanted. Spent three weeks overall.

2023, I applied at 50+ companies, got intro calls from ~30 of them and currently interviewing at 4 companies. It's been a month and still going on. Did 3 rounds in company 1, 2 rounds each in company 2 and 3 and 1 round in company 4. It's been a month so far and HRs are taking a lot more time than ever before. Seems it'll take this month too for me to land an offer.

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