I have a spreadsheet of all of the jobs I've ever applied for over the last decade. Of the approximate 200 roles, around 65% never gave me any response, 4% sent me a rejection letter, 13% have screened me, and 10% have interviewed me.
I wish everyone did this so I could compare data.
6 posts and 1 image reply omitted.10% interview raten is actually pretty good, mine is 5 at best.
I have only ever applied to a single job and they hired me.
I have saved almost 300 rejection letters since April 2025. I have had 4 interview processes that went to the last step in the last year and of course I didn't get the job. I have been looking for a new job for over two years. Many of these jobs have descriptions that basically is the same shit as my current job, but I can't fucking win.