My job search stats: How terrible is this?

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Dijkstra'a

New

Dijkstra'a
Jun 13, 2020 23 Comments

I leave you with some numbers:

Job applications: 600
Straight rejections: 155
Never heard back: 435
Hackerrank / online assessment: 10
Onsite: 1
Offer: 0

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  • 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?
    Jun 13, 2020 4
    • Oracle
      ʞsnWuolƎ

      Go to company page Oracle

      ʞsnWuolƎ
      I think the tailoring resume thing mainly helps if you have lots of projects you’ve worked on, like more than can fit on a 1 page resume. Only selecting the ones that are most applicable to the specific position you are applying to definitely helps. Also adding buzzwords related to the job position helps some too
      Jun 13, 2020
    • Coherent Logix
      Alpha_7

      Coherent Logix

      Alpha_7
      That's a fair point.
      Jun 13, 2020
  • 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    I'm a new grad as well (not yet graduated) and had offers (now rescinded) from faang and now totally random companies that 5 months would have hired me right away are dumping my CV or rejecting me after interviews where I performed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
    Jun 13, 2020 1
    • Yelp
      FHend

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      FHend
      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.
      Jun 13, 2020
  • New / Eng
    mrbubz

    New Eng

    mrbubz
    Change strategy
    Jun 13, 2020 0
  • 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.
    Jun 14, 2020 0
  • Deutsche Bank / Eng
    ProfSergio

    Go to company page Deutsche Bank Eng

    ProfSergio
    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?
    Jun 13, 2020 2
    • New
      Dijkstra'a

      New

      Dijkstra'a
      OP
      yes
      Jun 13, 2020
    • Deutsche Bank / Eng
      ProfSergio

      Go to company page Deutsche Bank Eng

      ProfSergio
      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.
      Jun 13, 2020