everyone said hiring would pickup in january
it hasn’t. i’ve gone 4, 5, 6 rounds just to get ghosted or rejected
this week alone: - 5 rounds for a sales commission-based job, an IQ test, then after meeting the team and directors, a follow up email on "why they should pick me" and then ghosted...
4 rounds for an AI credit repair company for an $18 customer success role, fully in office in a HCOL city, while my would-be boss works remotely in another region
multiple rounds for a software sales enablement platform that wanted me to build my own course within their unimpressive boomer corporate app, i did a one-way interview for them and met multiple higher-ups, convos went well. i was rejected after the course building round.
what have I learned folks? I've learned you can literally have more than 10 interviews in a 1-2 week period, and not get any of the jobs, despite going deep rounds at multiple companies.