Laid off in Feb. Landed a job now.

I was laid off in February. Finally after 2.5 months of boring interviews and life, landed a job. Today was Day 1. I was outside India for a while doing crazy stuffs. I returned in June and then started applying. Here is the summary.

1. Lots of applicants in the job market. Every job would attract 1000s of applicants
2. Most jobs require high experience - 5+
3. Applying and finding companies who are hiring is tough.
4. Emailed everyone in network, took referrals from all friends, took referrals from LinkedIn (very low response), Applied on instahyre, Wrote to startup founders, applied Wellfound, Workday(worst of all), Naukri
5. Startups are the worst - gave petty assignments and ghosted after getting solution. Had to follow up multiple times but to no avail. They ate my whole 1 month
6. Some interviews were different - in one I had to code in python very fast. That's it. Wasn't selected as I was looking up for syntax on internet.
7. Overall it was a very boring and tiring process. I somehow maintained my sanity.

YoE- 2 TC- 29L ( Base +PF)