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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow would be 5 weeks unemployed.

So far 33 Applications total (1 internal referral, 4 recruiters) - 3 rejections
6 interviews, 2 rejections, 4 still considering

Internal referral was made 1st day of being laid off. No response yet. This internal referral would be my top tier choice.
I had a pretty good interview today, decent firm.
I have had a long standing offer for past 2 years to return to my pre-pandemic company. In the interest of maintaining career trajectory, I have to continue turning it down.

Health insurance runs out at end of this month. Looking at state sponsored health insurance after that and it is making me very anxious and sad for my kids. Wah!

Follow up - in 6th week of unemployment.
Up to 42 (from 33) Applications total (1 internal referral, 4 recruiters) - 3 rejections
Turned down 2 offers (- these positions were a step backwards.)
Have a 2nd interview next week with the "pretty good interview" decent firm from last week.
But OMG my dream firm from 3 years ago called me in for an interview next week. I was SO certain that my recent email would fall into another void. This time, instead of emailing HR, I emailed directly to the managing director.

Wish me luck. Oh boy!
Last week I toyed with the idea of giving it all up and opening a bubble tea franchise...

OP here. Oh wow good luck!!! So exciting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP continuing to track.

28 applications
11 rejections
4 interviews in progress
> 1 screening call (waiting to see if I get an interview out of this)
> 1 first round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes)
> 1 second round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes)
> 1 technical exercise (submitted, we'll see how it goes)

Starting to feel a bit more positive that I may get something out of this exercise. Although I'm hitting the hard technical portions so there's still a good chance I'll wipe out on all of these I guess. :-/ Hope everyone else on this thread got good responses in the last week, too!

OP back again with updates.
> 1 screening call (waiting to see if I get an interview out of this) -> got the first interview
> 1 first round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes) -> moved on to tech exercise
> 1 second round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes) -> they want references, which is encouraging but also daunting because it means I have to talk to my manager about the fact I'm job hunting (I know he'll give me a good reference but it's still scary)
> 1 technical exercise (submitted, we'll see how it goes) -> still waiting on this, which is sad because this is the job I want most

Hope everyone else is making progress too. It's interesting that so far all my applications that got to the interview stage have been progressing. I guess the resume screeners are good at guessing fit or I interview well.

OP back for Friday check-in lol

28 applications
13 rejections
5 interviews started
> 1 screening call -> first interview -> I removed myself from the process since as my gen z friends would say the vibes were bad
> 1 first round interview -> technical exercise (not as bad as I thought it would be so yay for that)
> 1 second round interview -> references being checked
> 1 technical exercise -> two subsequent interview scheduled; wish me luck!
> 1 first round interview (waiting to hear back if they want to move forward)

This week I'm looking at my spreadsheet of applications and thinking that I actually had a pretty good response rate. Lots of nos of course, but I appreciate that most of them actually communicated their no to me, rather than just totally ghosting me.

Not quite Friday but it's been an eventful week. Feeling vaguely ill about having to make decisions/commit but excited that things are moving. I have no idea how people do this more often than like once a decade...

28 applications
13 rejections
5 interviews started
> 1 screening call -> first interview -> I removed myself from the process since as my gen z friends would say the vibes were bad
> 1 first round interview -> technical exercise -> second round interview -> tentative offer for a slightly different position than the one I applied for; I'm scheduling a call to get more details on it next week
> 1 second round interview -> references being checked (this delay is on me and I really need to hunt down one of those references)
> 1 technical exercise -> two subsequent interviews scheduled -> pretty sure I didn't do well enough on the technical interview which is a pity because this is the job I want most but cross your fingers for me, I guess?
> 1 first round interview (waiting to hear back if they want to move forward; not optimistic at this point)

[Anonymous]

Wow OP I’m encouraged by your progress. Great news for you! Please keep posting updates. I’m following the closely.

I’ve applied to 27 positions since January. So far I’ve received 5 referrals, 3 non referrals, and no news on the rest. Some vacancies are still open. No interviews so far.

[Anonymous]

Great updates, OP!! Keep it up!

Just found out today that a job I interviewed for in Dec and really wanted did not select me. I felt like they were stringing me along/back benching me, and I was right. Oh well. I had heard they were a sh!tshow internally, but loved the subject matter and the project. Sigh.

25 submissions

-1 screening, full interview, no offer
-1 full interview, no offer
-1 screening interview, waiting to be invited to full interview
-1 online assessment prior to interview, waiting for results and interview invite
-4 had the courtesy to let me know I was not a good fit

I have about 15 others I will review and decide whether to apply for or not.

Also saw on LinkedIn two people I know get jobs that I applied for. They were definitely better candidates, so I don't feel so badly about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow OP I’m encouraged by your progress. Great news for you! Please keep posting updates. I’m following the closely.

I’ve applied to 27 positions since January. So far I’ve received 5 referrals, 3 non referrals, and no news on the rest. Some vacancies are still open. No interviews so far.

OP here. Good luck to you! The waiting is the worst, I think. Hope you hear something positive next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great updates, OP!! Keep it up!

Just found out today that a job I interviewed for in Dec and really wanted did not select me. I felt like they were stringing me along/back benching me, and I was right. Oh well. I had heard they were a sh!tshow internally, but loved the subject matter and the project. Sigh.

25 submissions

-1 screening, full interview, no offer
-1 full interview, no offer
-1 screening interview, waiting to be invited to full interview
-1 online assessment prior to interview, waiting for results and interview invite
-4 had the courtesy to let me know I was not a good fit

I have about 15 others I will review and decide whether to apply for or not.

Also saw on LinkedIn two people I know get jobs that I applied for. They were definitely better candidates, so I don't feel so badly about it.

OP here. Thank you; it really helps to have some anonymous people to tell about it since my friends definitely don't want a never-ending play-by-play of my applications! Sorry about the Dec job; that's rough. I'm taking March off new applications since I'm feeling pretty run ragged by interviews and technical exercises (and I need to do my taxes lol) but if none of these pan out I'm going to have to restart applications. Annoyingly one of the positions (posting from August 2022) that rejected me with a "position was filled" email a few weeks ago just reposted literally the same job again. Like seriously? I'm mildly put out because their application process had so many random requirements it took me ages to fill out, and I'm somewhat overqualified for the position and they didn't even want to interview me.

Hope you get those two interviews!

[Anonymous]

I applied to a Fed job (USA jobs) at the beginning of the year that had just under 20,000 applicants. I don't believe at all there is a worker shortage.

[Anonymous]

How / where are you guys applying? Blasting out applications on LinkedIn? Emailing recruiters? Corporate websites? etc. Just curious where you are experiencing the highest hit rates or any other lessons learned to have more success when searching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How / where are you guys applying? Blasting out applications on LinkedIn? Emailing recruiters? Corporate websites? etc. Just curious where you are experiencing the highest hit rates or any other lessons learned to have more success when searching.

OP here. I search for jobs in my target location/skillset on indeed. Then I go check the company website and if I like the company I check the open positions and apply for one (sometimes the one I found on indeed sometimes a different one) I think I’m best suited to. I’m taking a break from new applications right now but when I was doing 3-5 a week I checked for new jobs posted every 24 hours — with my filters that usually gave me 2-3 possible options to consider. I definitely had better luck with recently postings, although one of the ones I got an interview for was older.

For things that didn’t work: I tried posted on some alum groups I’m a member of since people swear by networking but the suggestions I got there didn’t really pan out for me. I have been avoiding LinkedIn recruiters because they feel really pushy and I like to me deliberate in my applications/decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP continuing to track.

28 applications
11 rejections
4 interviews in progress
> 1 screening call (waiting to see if I get an interview out of this)
> 1 first round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes)
> 1 second round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes)
> 1 technical exercise (submitted, we'll see how it goes)

Starting to feel a bit more positive that I may get something out of this exercise. Although I'm hitting the hard technical portions so there's still a good chance I'll wipe out on all of these I guess. :-/ Hope everyone else on this thread got good responses in the last week, too!

OP back again with updates.
> 1 screening call (waiting to see if I get an interview out of this) -> got the first interview
> 1 first round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes) -> moved on to tech exercise
> 1 second round interview (scheduled, we'll see how it goes) -> they want references, which is encouraging but also daunting because it means I have to talk to my manager about the fact I'm job hunting (I know he'll give me a good reference but it's still scary)
> 1 technical exercise (submitted, we'll see how it goes) -> still waiting on this, which is sad because this is the job I want most

Hope everyone else is making progress too. It's interesting that so far all my applications that got to the interview stage have been progressing. I guess the resume screeners are good at guessing fit or I interview well.

OP back for Friday check-in lol

28 applications
13 rejections
5 interviews started
> 1 screening call -> first interview -> I removed myself from the process since as my gen z friends would say the vibes were bad
> 1 first round interview -> technical exercise (not as bad as I thought it would be so yay for that)
> 1 second round interview -> references being checked
> 1 technical exercise -> two subsequent interview scheduled; wish me luck!
> 1 first round interview (waiting to hear back if they want to move forward)

This week I'm looking at my spreadsheet of applications and thinking that I actually had a pretty good response rate. Lots of nos of course, but I appreciate that most of them actually communicated their no to me, rather than just totally ghosting me.

Not quite Friday but it's been an eventful week. Feeling vaguely ill about having to make decisions/commit but excited that things are moving. I have no idea how people do this more often than like once a decade...

28 applications
13 rejections
5 interviews started
> 1 screening call -> first interview -> I removed myself from the process since as my gen z friends would say the vibes were bad
> 1 first round interview -> technical exercise -> second round interview -> tentative offer for a slightly different position than the one I applied for; I'm scheduling a call to get more details on it next week
> 1 second round interview -> references being checked (this delay is on me and I really need to hunt down one of those references)
> 1 technical exercise -> two subsequent interviews scheduled -> pretty sure I didn't do well enough on the technical interview which is a pity because this is the job I want most but cross your fingers for me, I guess?
> 1 first round interview (waiting to hear back if they want to move forward; not optimistic at this point)

OP here. Cannot wait for this to be over but cautiously optimistic I'll get something in the next month or so? Do to various interleaving delays and different interview processes, I think I've managed to time it so I'll get all the offers I'm going to get roughly at the same time so I can choose between concrete options which is honestly amazing.

28 applications
15 rejections (either explicit or the job is shown as filled on the website)
5 interviews started
> 1 first interview -> I removed myself from the process since as my gen z friends would say the vibes were bad
> 1 interview process complete -> tentative offer for a slightly different position than the one I applied for; still negotiating salary/benefits (bad salary, but good benefits and they're clearly a flexible/chill organization so I might be able to swing it)
> 1 second round interview -> references being checked (this delay is no longer on me and I'm a little anxious they'll decide not to make me an offer after all; this job isn't the most excited but it's very safe -- an established company, decent salary, etc.)
> 1 very long interview process but next up is HR so I think I'm almost done -> vaguely shocked I've kept progressing but really really hopeful I'll get something here *crosses fingers*
> 1 first round interview (waiting to hear back if they want to move forward; not optimistic at this point)

[Anonymous]

Keep up the good work, OP. We're rooting for you!

[Anonymous]

Me: 158 jobs applied for since getting laid off last year. 12 interviews (mostly recruiters), 103 rejections. 19 of the rejections were Federal "not referred" applications.
Have 55 applications submitted. 25 are Federal "accepting" or "reviewing" applications. Have received some referrals but no invitations to interview.
I just can't get traction and struggling financially. I know I'm supposed to be optimistic but feeling punch drunk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me: 158 jobs applied for since getting laid off last year. 12 interviews (mostly recruiters), 103 rejections. 19 of the rejections were Federal "not referred" applications.
Have 55 applications submitted. 25 are Federal "accepting" or "reviewing" applications. Have received some referrals but no invitations to interview.
I just can't get traction and struggling financially. I know I'm supposed to be optimistic but feeling punch drunk.

That sounds so exhausting and stressful! Crossing my fingers that you get something positive soon.

[Anonymous]

55+ applications to federal jobs since July 2022. Referred for probably half of them. Zero interviews. Networked my absolute guts out for one job - application submitted in January - no response. So disheartening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me: 158 jobs applied for since getting laid off last year. 12 interviews (mostly recruiters), 103 rejections. 19 of the rejections were Federal "not referred" applications.
Have 55 applications submitted. 25 are Federal "accepting" or "reviewing" applications. Have received some referrals but no invitations to interview.
I just can't get traction and struggling financially. I know I'm supposed to be optimistic but feeling punch drunk.

I hope your round the corner soon and can put this behind you. So sorry to hear about your struggles.