I've heard the success rate sending "cold applications" (directly applying through a company's website with no referral) is abysmally low. I'm looking to make a move to one of the better tech companies, but with no contacts I had no other option than to send cold applications. My experience has been pretty positive. So far I've heard back from Google, Airbnb, Twitter, Square, Dropbox and HubSpot. (Additionally, I didn't need to apply to Microsoft or Amazon since their recruiters reached out to me.) I didn't hear back from Netflix, Facebook, LinkedIn, Apple, Uber, and Lyft. My resume isn't standout IMO, (really) good GPA from an average university, about 4 YOE doing full stack development, and no open source work. Getting an interview from 6/12 companies applied to doesn't seem like bad odds. I'm curious to know what experience others have had. Are referrals more important at certain companies, or maybe for certain higher roles? Also if you have recommendations for other companies I should look into, let me know!
I have an average resume. But I got calls from Docker,Google,Tableau and 6 more good companies. So I guess it’s possible to get interviews with just cold applying.
Yes share the same experience
Same experience with a mediocre resume. Had a pretty good % of hearing back with cold apps.
Worked for me. There was a job on jobs.amazon.com, and I applied. Got hired. Recruiter did seem bemused, since I made the first move.
Of 49 cold applications thus far, 14 have replied to me. Of those 14, 6 were immediate rejections. The 8 that I'm talking to, I'm anywhere from technical screens to onsites, including Two Sigma, Google, Uber, LinkedIn, and Microsoft. So, I have less than a 10% success rate, but I started my journey applying to a lot of stale job postings... most of which have not responded to me.
Does your count of 49 applications include multiple applications to the same company? Or did you apply to 49 different companies?
Multiple to the same. The highest being 6 to a single company.
Reach out to a recruiter or sourcer on LinkedIn.
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You for sure have a eye catching resume. I thought getting a job without someone you know in company is pretty much zero.
I guess not, considering the other comments on this post.