I was happily employed, but wanted to stress test this strategy (and keep myself sharp, as practice in case anything did happen), and several years ago I did. B

I was happily employed, but wanted to stress test this strategy (and keep myself sharp, as practice in case anything did happen), and several years ago I did. Between a Wednesday morning and a Friday afternoon, I had set up over 40 interviews in the 2 week period starting the following Monday. I additionally scheduled a few more on Monday, for a total of 50+ round 1 interviews. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I had low double digit round 2s and single digit round 3s scheduled as well, with many more round 2 requests in the weeks following the resolution of this test. It was exhausting, and the exhaustion scaled nonlinearly. By the end, I cancelled the last 5-10 first interviews, and all of the second/third round interviews. I did so with the same tact I recommend regarding replying to recruiters, and made no bad blood in the process. Several of the recruiters got such positive feedback from some of the clients that they told me I was welcome to apply again whenever I was ready.