Redditer: 200+ applications, still no signed offer. How are you all coping?

[DaoMa]

200+ applications, still no signed offer. How are you all coping?​

Throwaway for obvious reasons.

SWE/SRE background, ~7 years experience, applying across engineering and adjacent roles. Laid off earlier this year in a company-wide cut.

I tracked everything since the layoff, so here is the actual funnel:

- 240+ applications
- ~50 companies replied with anything human at all (screen or better)
- 33 reached a first round
- 9 reached a second round

- 4 reached a final round.

1. one ended after a direct chat with the CEO of local SME ( over budget )
2. one where HR and the engineering team both recommended moving ahead, then it came back "too senior", which we all know means over budget
3. one where I passed the technical and HR rounds, then a chief product officer in the final panel passed on me, never got a reason

- 1 offer, which stalled in negotiation ( relocation )
- Everything else: rejected at resume screen, req closed, or ghosted

Mostly just wondering if others are in the same boat. The numbers made me question myself a lot until I laid them out like this and realised most of it never even reached a person. Curious how everyone else's search has been going this year, and how you are holding up.

 

[DaoMa]

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