171 resumes sent out - 154 rejections/ghostings. - 17 Interviews scheduled.
2 interviews cancelled before they took place, because they "suddenly found a candidate".
14 Interviews first round. Of these 12 rejections/ghostings.
2 Interviews second round.
One Interview rejected after the second round. I was great but they found an "internal candidate".
Second Interview told me I was great and offered me a job the day after. I took it.
One scheduled interview cancelled by me because I already had a job.
I know that I got incredibly lucky. It was just 3.5 months. While some poor devils here have been searching for years. Had I not gotten this job, I would have probably searched for another 3.5 months so 7 months in total.
171 resumes is not that much, but I could not have sent out more. That was basically everything in my region in a 50 Miles radius that had at least something to do with my education/experience (Finance).
But I have to say: This is the worst job market ever. 10x worse than 2008/09. Interviewers are hostile and disinterested. They ask ridiculous nonsense questions and think they are the next Sigmund Freud of Psychoanalysis. And each answer they dont like/doesnt tick their box is classified as negative/unfit. Almost as if they are looking for a reason to not hire you.
And its basically 99% luck. You have to build rapport/be likable. But how do you do that when the interviewer is hostile and uses nonsense trick questions right of the bat? Also you dont know what they like, so you cant really connect.
Both of the 2 second rounds I got, I probably only got after discovering by accident, that the Interviewer had the same interest as me. Each interview I behaved and answered the questions very similar to all others. Yet 2 thought I was great, while 12 thought I was bad.
Its a numbers game and luck game. Its sad and shouldnt be that way, but unfortunately it is.