Anonymous wrote:I interviewed for five years. But when I finally got a job, it was worth it.

YEAH! COngrats!

I interviewed for five years. But when I finally got a job, it was worth it.

One. I knew walking out that they wanted to hire me. It was a huge boost as I was going through a difficult patch with a toxic boss. Really, really toxic. Five years later, only one person from my previous job still works in that dept.

None.

3: phone and two personal. It was nice because I knew I had an in.

Anonymous wrote:Interviewed with a dozen different companies, plus screening interviews with headhunters for a few others that didn't go past the screening level because the fit wasn't right.

Several went through multiple rounds and included conversations/meetings with 5-10 people (sometimes multiples at once).

5 interviews with the company that gave me an offer.

+1

Although usually its only 2-3 interviews on the ones that have given me the offer. Current job was only one interview, but met with multiple people separately...

Interviewed with a dozen different companies, plus screening interviews with headhunters for a few others that didn't go past the screening level because the fit wasn't right.

Several went through multiple rounds and included conversations/meetings with 5-10 people (sometimes multiples at once).

5 interviews with the company that gave me an offer.

3 for one job

1 with another company

The first company hired me.

Four (including the interview for the new job), this was about a year ago. When I was laid off in 2008, it took 10 months and about 12-14 in-person interviews (and countless other phone interviews) before I landed a job.

OP, do you mean how many interviews for a particular job (e.g., phone screen with HR, interview with manager, etc.)? Or how many interviews overall before landing a job?

I had two interviews for the job I have now - one with the HR manager and one with the people I work directly with.

For my last job, I had one phone interview and one round of in person interviews that was two groups of two, the COO and then the CEO (probably should have taken this as advance warning that that organization was crazy dysfunctional).

For the job I had before that, I had two interviews, both with HR.

In between the job I have now and the dysfunctional organization, I had one phone interview for a job I didn't get and turned down a couple of opportunities through a recruiter that didn't sound like a good fit.

Anonymous wrote:Five phone interviews, four in-person interviews. I was getting pretty discouraged until I finally landed my current job. Worked out great in the end for me, though.

Were those all for different jobs?

Five phone interviews, four in-person interviews. I was getting pretty discouraged until I finally landed my current job. Worked out great in the end for me, though.

Two. I got pretty lucky, because this was after being laid off.

Just curious!