I leave you with some numbers: Job applications: 600 Straight rejections: 155 Never heard back: 435 Hackerrank / online assessment: 10 Onsite: 1 Offer: 0 New grad
This data can easily be tossed out because it isn’t entirely honest. How many applications did you just copy paste the same resume? How many easy apply roles did you blindly apply to?
4 different resumes but slightly changed
The solution of tailoring every application is so weird. If my resume covers all that you're looking for in the position, why would one change it? Just to word things better so that you feel that it's a closer fit?
You’re obviously doing something wrong if you got 10/600 call backs. Probably need to work on your resume and personal projects.
Refine the language on your resume. Align your experience with the job your applying for. Shouldn’t apply to many different roles at the same company
How many YOE do you have in the field you are applying for jobs in?
graduated last month
If all these jobs you applied to are entry level positions, then these numbers do look pretty bad. The lack of call backs hints towards a resume issue, but could be due to the pandemic possibly. How much related internship experience do you have on your resume?
I've almost never failed an online coding assessment. (I've failed many phone screens though). Online assessments usually aren't difficult. So, did you mean that you failed 9 out of 10 online assessments and went to only one onsite?
yes
I hope you've done some Leetcode. Passing 6-7 online assessments out of 10 would have been somewhat acceptable. Once you've scheduled an OA for a company, try to find out usual pattern of questions asked by the company in OA. Search recently asked company specific OA questions on Leetcode blogs(forum). From my experience, the pool of questions in OA for companies isn't too big, so you can prepare well beforehand.
It's not weird at all. People saying that it's strange have no idea what the current job market for new grads is. I heard from some recruiters that they are receiving 20/30 times the applications compared to a year ago, for the same role. Lots of good developers are being laid off and they can be hired for relatively cheap, making new grads less attractive. All companies are cutting on hiring, and the first thing to cut are new grads who are long term bets. With all the remote work, it's hard to onboard and coach new grads. I heard very experienced people at faang saying that it's the worse time to look for a job in tech since 2001. I'm a new grad as well (not yet graduated) and had offers (now rescinded) from faang and now totally random companies that 5 months would have hired me right away are dumping my CV or rejecting me after interviews where I performed decently. It's f***** up, hope it heals soon. Don't be too hard on yourself but try your best
Agreed. When I was looking for jobs as a new grad, I sent hundreds of applications. I can't even imagine what it's like during this pandemic. The new grad market is heavily oversaturated, and has been for years.
You need to pull your head down and Toughen up. Fresh grads apply to thousands of applications. Even i applied for 1000+ jobs when i was a new grad before getting an offer
This makes me nervous as I was recently laid off. Sorry for your situation. 1. Are you just cold applying via websites or are you using referrals? 2. Are you authorized to work in the US without sponsorship?
1- LinkedIn mostly, no referrals 2- F1 OPT
Your cv rejection stats are normal. Recruiters are morons, and have no idea what to look for. The only thing they know how to look for on a CV is YOE... Now, you hackerrank to onsite ratio is pretty bad. My phone screen rejection rate for example is less than 10%. But I did a lot of math and algos in school, so it's not necessary to have it that good. But you should aim for at least <50%. Think of it this way, if you had passed at least 50% of your hackerrank tests you would have had a job offer by now statistically speaking (see below). And for onsite, there's not enough data. But do remember that the average onsite acceptance rate is ~20%. So the expected number of onsites (before you ge an offer) is 5.
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