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> Working remotely in EU timezone. Presumably you are a European citizen and not just working EU time? It's always difficult to know exactly what's going on w
by kypro 2y ago
> Working remotely in EU timezone.
Presumably you are a European citizen and not just working EU time?
It's always difficult to know exactly what's going on when people make these posts. Normally my red flags are people either not getting interviews or occasionally getting interviews but failing at the first stage.
If you're getting interviews and feel you're doing fairly well in them then honestly it sounds like you're just getting unlucky.
The job market for developers is really difficult right now. There's a lot of talent out there and there's very few companies hiring. I'm based in the UK so it's a slightly different market, but for some perspective a senior developer role we advertised for recently got over 200 applications and that was hybrid...
Remote is always more challenging because there's always far more people applying. My guess is that you're one of perhaps 500 people applying to some of these roles. Therefore the fact you're still getting interviews and making it to the final stages is probably a really good reflection on your ability if anything.
Also two months really isn't very long... From application to offer it's going to take about a month on average. The quickest I've ever gone from looking for work to an offer was probably a couple of weeks, and that was during hiring peaks. If you assume that you're competing against a few hundred applicants per role then you'll probably going need to apply for at least 30-50 roles before you have a realistic chance of getting anything... It's just going to take time unfortunately given this market.
From what you've said here, I think you'll be fine. It sounds like you're getting quite close to an offer and have just been a bit unlucky so far. Most people who have written these posts recently are struggling to even get interviews.
Anyway best of luck. I know how demotivating it can be to receive rejection after rejection. It's good to reflect on what you might be doing wrong, but I would be hesitant to take rejections too personally in a market like this.