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His numbers track closely to mine when I had only an unrelated career behind me. 300~ applications. ~25 actual rejections. ~15 phone interviews. ~5 onsites. ~1
by ryanklee 8y ago
His numbers track closely to mine when I had only an unrelated career behind me.
300~ applications. ~25 actual rejections. ~15 phone interviews. ~5 onsites. ~1 accepted.
It felt both necessary and successful, considering the junior dev market is flooded and treacherous.
- ryandrake 8y agoYour numbers and css’s Numbers line up pretty closely to my last job hunt, and I’m fairly senior. Around 150-200 applications, 10% communicated rejection, 5% phone screen, the rest no reply. Seems about right.
- ghaff 8y agoRather different role at a different time but my early job applications were largely spray and pray. (Though I dd get my second full-time job out of grad school through an on-campus interview.) Since then though, it's been basically through specific personal connections with essentially no applications as such.
- kanyethegreat 8y agoI think those numbers are pretty standard for a junior dev role. So many new grads competing for those jobs.
- docker_up 8y agoWhen I last applied for jobs, I had ~20 years experience. I was 8 for 10 after the phone screen, and 4 offers out of 8 onsites. I didn't apply to a single company, I just responded to recruiters reaching out for me, and I arranged all my phone screens and onsites within a 6 week window. I'm planning on changing jobs next June, so I already have about 5 recruiters ready to contact me around April of 2019.