4th interview. Must be some up there position.

Mid/Director level.

Understandable.

Enjoy the new gig.

Beautiful graph! Would you mind sharing how you created it?

All data collected by me in Excel then visualized using SankeyMATIC

Congrats on your new job!

I'm shocked at the large percentage of responses. In my last job search (senior computer DevOps Engineer), about 90% of applications got no response at all.

My 0 yoe search for programming position was like 120 applications, 2 responses and 1 job offer (14 months of applying).. got lucky and had an insider for my current job, should be a little easier going forward with some decent exp.

Maybe in finances. I have had 6 (!) interview rounds for an introductory level tech job before. No job offer too, after all those rounds.

Thank you! It's a pretty specialized field within financial services, and I only applied to jobs that were a good fit...of which there were about 40 in the entire US over the course of a year.

One year search???

What did you do for the rest of your year since you only applied to a whole 40 jobs

It was a career break. I mostly bicycled, traveled and spent time with family.

Don't underestimate the 40 apps though. Most were custom tailored to the role I was applying for. I also spent a lot of time interviewing and searching for the 40 jobs to apply to.

How did interviewers see your gap/break and how did you handle questions related to it?

Great job, good luck at the new place!

Not OP, but I've had this conversation with 3 employers. They always understand if you're honest. If it's a red tape deal breaker for them, they'll see it on your resume and won't call you back. Most people will just be jealous you got a long break, even if it wasn't what you needed or wanted.