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I 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. Be
by Jemaclus 9y ago
I 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.