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Ask HN: Would you apply to multiple jobs at the same time?
What's your strategy?
- SmellTheGlove 9y agoOf course. What's the case against doing so? Vacancies get a ton of applicants and your resume might not even get looked at. If you're looking for something new, apply to anything that interests you.
- JSeymourATL 9y agoYes, it's perfectly acceptable and even expected that job-seekers will apply to multiple jobs. Linkedin Jobs has an efficient Easy Apply button. >http://www.prepary.com/linkedin-easy-apply/ http://www.prepary.com/linkedin-easy-apply/
- Jemaclus 9y agoI always do. Putting all your eggs in one basket is a recipe for disaster. Worst case scenario, you book yourself a couple of interviews and waste your time. Best case scenario, you get a couple of offers that you can leverage in negotiations and end up with a job. I typically apply to about 10-20 companies at a time, of which I eventually narrow down to 3-4 onsite interviews. Hopefully, at least one of them makes me an offer. If not, I start the process over. It generally works well for me, though I've only gotten multiple offers one time... The problem I run into with this strategy is that with tech interviews, they often want me onsite for a full 8 hour day, and I can't take 3-4 days off in a row at my current job... and I certainly can't do that two or three times. I really despise the current trend of interviewing people for more than 2-3 hours in SV. Anyway, it's something to keep in mind if you wind up applying at multiple places at once.