You finished HS with good grades? No one cares.

Masters Degree in the humanities? Lol you deserve to starve to death.

Did another Masters Degree in IT? Well "learn to code" thats so 2022. No job for you because of AI.

Working 2 jobs to stay afloat? MOAR!

Now matter how much you educate yourself, its always your fault. No matter how much you do, its never enough. No matter what you do, its always wrong.

Meanwhile Boomers got jobs with just HS or even without HS. Despite having a fraction of our education, they became Managers and Bosses.

The system is broken. But its always the average Joe that gets blamed for not getting a Job.

"Laid of with 200 or 2000 other people because the company crashed or budget cuts? Yep. Your fault".

"Cant get a job because 50-100 people compete with you for the position every time? Yep. Your fault."

Its always the individual, never the system thats to blame.

Said I’d send it tomorrow evening.
By 7:51 AM, I was apparently a liar with a “marginal” résumé.
Recruiter time moves differently.

Question was what’s the probability of a 6 sided die landing on 6 10 times in a row

They didn’t understand that both answers are the same.

I need to vent.

I had an on site interview with a company a few days ago. A presentation which I had to prepare, meeting the team and some other stuff. Everything went well. It was either me or another candidate. Today I received the feedback call.

They loved my personality and based on that alone they would hire me on the spot. The presentation was really strong and I did a really good job with it. The team was heavily in favor to hire me instead the other candidate so they decided to not hire anyone and restart the process...

The only thing they weren't sure about was if I would be able to stand my ground in front of other departments (which I stated I would). That's the sole reason that they didn't choose me... I mean... There's probation time if you're unsure. So it seems in today's market you can fit the job at 99.99% and it's still not enough... I just can't anymore...

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but seriously… how are you guys coping?

I was let go about 3 months ago and I have a panic attack almost daily now. Have applied for 150+ jobs and only gotten 1 interview.. and that was through a referral.

And then I see people who have applied for 500+ jobs and been unemployed for 2 years and just think “how tf am I going to do this?”

So, how are you guys coping, and what are you doing to stay sane?

...

This has been so soul crushing. I can’t believe I am failing at this despite so many interviews. Am I cooked?

1. First round, second round - rejected

2. First round, second round, final interview - rejected for someone “more junior”

3. First round, second round which included preparing for a presentation, final round - rejected with automated email

4. First round - “still interviewing other candidates” after a month

5. First round - “we picked someone more senior but can you freelance for us?”

6. First round, second round - “we are moving forward with someone who is a better fit”

7. First, assessment, second round, final interview - still pending but I’ve lost complete faith at this point.

Additionally every interview feels the same. Same questions, same politeness, same compliments on my work. Even in 2024 I got hired a lot faster with way less experience. Now I have a competitive portfolio, and I get more call backs but no conversions.

I spent the past 2 days on LinkedIn pressing the Connect button for pretty much every recruiter and person with a related job area as what I want to work in. Increased my Connections by at least 15 or so. I’ve just had it with cold applying. At least this way I can increase the chance of people seeing my posts on there. Spite is a powerful motivator, especially when I feel like I’m somewhat doing the job of my college advisor from 4 years ago.

Company #1: Recruiter told me I was a great fit but the other candidate was “more dead set” on the company so they chose them

Company #2: a week after the final interview the hiring director sent me a personal email to say I interviewed well and was still in the running… a week after that I got an email from recruiter saying they chose someone else - I rather the director not say anything to get my hopes up. Also, no feedback on why the other candidate was chosen

Company #3: best and most communicative recruiter I’ve worked with. Said the person they chose had more experience building in a company of their size. Fair

Here’s my rant: I feel like the backup in case another candidate doesn’t choose them then I’m up next. That would def explain the long delay between final intvw and rejection. One day, I’ll be first choice.

What irks me the most is not getting feedback. I should ask the recruiter before any future final rounds if they’re willing to give feedback in case I don’t get an offer. It’s the least they could do

As we get closer to the holidays the prospects are dwindling. Might have to prepare for this unemployment spell to last into 2027

Good luck out there 🫡

I’ve been on 20+ interviews in the past month and on most of them the interviewer talks about themself and their company more than they ask about me. They also keep asking me if I have any questions despite the fact I have already asked 3 or more. How am I supposed to showcase my personality and skills if you are only talking about yourself? What is the point of the interview? Does this happen to anyone else? How do I put the focus back on me?

Yeah.

Just not feeling great. I’ve gotten to the finals of some of the more interesting and established companies in my pipeline and just keep crashing them. It’s just the worst feeling. My nerves are always pulsing and it’s usually during some very ambiguous live case study where there is ”no right answer”. I just yapped in literal circles. It really sucks and is so embarrassing doing that in front of people on Zoom. I just feel humiliated.

I haven’t received a rejection yet (interview was today), and there could be a glimmer of hope given my interview with the person I’d report to went well last week. And while I yapped in circles at least whatever I said wasn’t necessarily incorrect (just borderline incoherent and directionless).

Add on top of that they said they‘d be hosting their company retreat in a few weeks in my hometown. Good for them!

It sucks that I don't have an opportunity, but that's all I ask at this point. Don't lead me through hoops.

I have been sending about hundreds of applications a week, had an interview for Costco and got rejected, and not only that, I've got rejected from a McDonald's, a Walmart and a Target

I am a graduate with a degree in game development and can't find any luck finding anything in my field so but I'm too overqualified for a starter job, meanwhile (not trying to be political) my Medicaid is requiring work requirements and I really mentally can't handle not having my therapist (again, not trying to go of on a tangent, but I want to mention that)

The question is, is it me? Is it something I'm doing wrong? I am extremely desperate to find a place to work at

Will you have kids or not ?
Will you get a different degree?
Will you not date?

Job searching is hard for us all. But especially people who have been unemployed or underemployed for a year!

This will definitely change people’s life even 5 yrs from now, hell some people aren’t with us anymore. Due to burnout on the no search.

Im not having children. And I hope people will reconsider stuff in their life. A bad job market will happen in the future again and again.

So I interviewed recently with a company - 2 virtual rounds and one on site that consisted of a presentation and then 5 back to back 1 on 1 interviews. I took time off work and showed up in person for this. They were fast to respond to all my emails until the end of the in person interview. I emailed them this morning for an update and within 20 minutes I got a response stating that they chose not to move forward. I honestly didn’t even want this job to begin with so thought I would send them some feedback. Overthinking my response so wanted to drop it here to see what yall thought.

Editing to add that my in person interview was on 10/9 - over 2 weeks ago. I’m sorry I didn’t “conveniently” leave it out!

Folks, i have been offered a job after 9 months of job hunting and they have sent me background verification where i have to submit last 5 years of employment.

I have a clear work history except at one job where i was involuntarily terminated for violating comp policy unknowingly, HR told me they only disclose the start and end date and role name not reason of termination.

For the new org and 3rd party which is doing BGV they have drop down options for “reason of leaving” including laid off and involuntary termination but they aren’t asking any explanations for that. If i select involuntary termination will i get automatically rejected? Or if i chose laid off instead of involuntary termination will the 3rd party doing BGV know from any source?

Any advice is highly appreciated! I can’t lose this opportunity 🙏

This is kind of a rant, but I also want to feel as if I am not the only one lol.

TLDR: recruiter promised an interview and ghosted when I called and asked for an update

I’ve been applying to jobs for months now (as most are right now), and I’ve had little success with getting interviews. I have however had a few phone screenings. I had one on Friday that went okay, I will admit it wasn’t my best. I struggle with the question “why this job?” And “why our company” because if I am being honest, I need a job and I’ve applied to 40 jobs so nothing special especially since it’s not directly related to my degree. Anyways, at the beginning of the call she said that she would reach out the hiring manager to set up an interview for next week (this current week) I was like great. At the end she said she didn’t have the managers schedule in front of her, but asked my availability and told me to reach out with any questions. She said it would probably be an interview for Tuesday or Thursday. I didn’t hear back. So, I called Monday afternoon and left a message. She didn’t respond back. It is now Wednesday and I find it hard to believe I am going to get a phone call saying I have an interview tomorrow, nor is that enough time for me to prepare.

I’m frustrated because this is not the first time someone has promised an interview and then ghosted me. I feel like they could at least call me back and tell me they are not moving forward? Or even an email would suffice. This is probably the 4th time this has happened, and only one person actually called me back.

Had this been happening to other people? Is there anything I can even do about this?