I don’t normally post but I’ve been getting kinda anxious about this as graduation gets closer.
I started seriously looking for jobs in mid-March and have sent out around 25 applications so far with the oldest being a little over 3 weeks old, and the only responses I’ve gotten are what seems like 2 auto rejects I got almost immediately after applying with no other contact otherwise.
My undergraduate was in chemical engineering but I did a master’s in data science bc I wanted to pivot into more-techy jobs. Idk if my lack of a cs undergrad is hurting me a lot or what.
Maybe this is normal and I’ll start hearing back from places soon but I just wanted to hear someone else’s thoughts.
if they haven't responded within a week, it's likely a rejection, though occasionally they do respond after the first week.
honestly I wouldn't any value on whether you get an interview from every application, job hunting is such a finicky process that until your first day at a new job, you should be in the mindset that nothing is guaranteed and you have to keep searching. also if it's your first job (in tech) you might have to apply to more than 25 jobs, some apply to a few and get offers from all of them, but many others might apply to over 100 jobs before getting something.
good luck comrade, the process of finding a job even after Learning 2 Code™ is like 60% of why I became a communist
not to be a debbie downer, but i know people who literally never get a reply at any point, let alone in 3 weeks.
I basically assume most of my applications are just in the void until proven otherwise.
honestly, when i was looking for the job i have now, the only replies I ever got were for interviews.
What do you mean just for interviews? Isn't that normal, that the follow up is an interview?
What Carboniferous says.
No reply: didn’t get the job
Reply: they wanted me.
Never got a rejection reply.
employers ghost, but 3 weeks is not that long, all things considered. i remember getting both rejections/invitations to interview after 2 months plus although that was a while ago. don't give up and good luck, comrade
My longest answer was 14 month (there are plenty non-answers though). Typically in Germany you have the half after 6 month and the other half before. Around 1 in 6 is faster than within the first 6 weeks.
What?? That's crazy. I've never had more than a week, possibly two.
If you're going for a first tech job with no experience, you might need to do more to stand out with your application.
It's stupid and bullshit, but people really hate paying software engineers and data viz as much as they do, so they want to find the person with the most experience that will take the lowest level job possible. Plus they are obsessed with knowing people can already do the job because they have no desire to put any effort into training or mentorship.
If you're applying for these jobs with just a resume and no projects or portfolio listed or any practical experience, you probably won't hear back.
If you do have those things, don't worry about it, two weeks isn't a lot of time - I applied for 70+ jobs and heard back from less than 10 and I have 3 years of good professional experience. You might want to try a recruiter too, lots of them are bad, but a good one could help you get a foot in the door.
If you’re applying for these jobs with just a resume and no projects or portfolio listed or any practical experience, you probably won’t hear back.
:sadness:
I know, it sucks. But you can work around it. If you do have projects, put them on your resume. If you haven't already made something from scratch all the way through, it'll be good experience to do that and put that on your resume.
Job hunting is hell, unfortunately, even after you've "learned to code". Getting the first tech job is always the hardest, but once you're in things get a bit easier.
If you haven’t already made something from scratch all the way through, it’ll be good experience to do that
Yeah, that's the problem. I have a ton of projects... that never really got off the ground.
Getting the first tech job is always the hardest, but once you’re in things get a bit easier.
Thankfully I already have my first (through a job placement program). But it pays relatively low for the field (though still pretty good) and I'm not too happy with it in general. So basically my entire resume is "these are the technologies I've used, no you can't see any examples" and "I've worked at xyz for a couple years".
What's kept you from completing any projects? Surely there's something you produced of minimal value right? An alpha release? Something you got running on your machine?
Makes sense, I would work on either polishing up and finishing some of the projects you started in the past, or reduce your scale a little bit on what the projects you're doing are trying to accomplish.
You don't even need to make anything new, just having a deployed CRUD app would be much better than nothing to show.
completely normal, until you get your first job you're radioactive, they go "well nobody paid them before so how do I know they're any good"
after your first job you'll be getting job offers without doing any searching and you'll be looking for ways to get recruiters to stop contacting
disclaimer: i live in europe
This has sadly not been my experience. I'd love to hear from a recruiter right now - anything get out of this job.
The job I ended up getting responded to me after a month
