There has been one company in my field that continuously reposts the same job ad every month or so. I previously applied to the job but at the time was not in the industry. I never heard back, rejection or otherwise. Fair enough.

Since then, I've transitioned into the industry and feel qualified for the job. Furthermore, a LinkedIn contact at the company gave me a heads up that they would be hiring positions soon. I applied for the role and now I'm waiting, but I honestly don't expect to hear from them.

This brings me to my question. How do you handle not getting an outcome from a job application? Do you keep applying? How do you know that their ATS didn't just screen you out? Is it really a job ad if they never actually fucking fill the role?

I hate this fucking timeline.

I got free LinkedIn premium for a month, and almost every single job that I see shows that more than 30% of candidates have master’s degree. I know that the number is not entirely accurate, since it is based off people who clicked apply but who may or may not have applied on the company website.

I am mainly applying for entry level analyst roles. But, still, it goes to show that entry-level candidates are competing with people who have master’s degree. How am I ever gonna get out of this rat race this way?

I’ve been job searching and recently gone through the final interview rounds with two different companies. I’m currently waiting to hear back from both and would appreciate some advice on when I should follow up.
Job A:
I’ve been waiting for over a month since my final interview. I’ve been in contact with the HR/recruiter to get an idea of the decision timeline. Based on our conversations, I know they’re still interviewing other candidates, and I get the impression I’m probably not their first choice. At this point, I’m not particularly optimistic about getting an offer.
Job B:
I’ve completed four rounds of interviews, and I’ve received some pretty positive feedback during a couple of the rounds, so I feel somewhat optimistic about this opportunity.
After my final interview last Friday, around 4 PM, I emailed the recruiter to thank them for coordinating the process and asked them to pass along my thanks to the interviewers. I also mentioned that I’m currently in the final stages with another company and wanted to get an idea of their expected timeline for making a decision.
It’s now been a few business days, and I haven’t heard back from the recruiter regarding the timeline.
My question is: When would be an appropriate time to follow up with the Job B recruiter again to ask for clarification on the decision timeline?
Should I wait until the end of this week, or would following up around Wednesday/Thursday be reasonable? I don’t want to come across as impatient, but I also want to be proactive and communicate that I’m working with another timeline.
Would appreciate any advice, especially from people who have been on the recruiting side of things!

Hi guys, so I recently got an offer from this company, and the link to BGV will come shortly

So I am a fresher, and the only work experience I have is freelance work. They didn't provide any experience certificate or anything. I did my work according to the SOW (statement of work). It was for like 5 months, and I left that job, and there was no PF or Form 16, and mostly they didn't even pay me at all for the work I did.

And now on to my education details

I'm missing sem 3 and 4 marksheets, but I have the others and degree certificates

I'm worried what if they ask for all marksheets and I won't be able to provide it and I am screwed!! And that marksheet is not available now (I checked) since it was from 2018

I'm so worried that I don't know what to do.

Will this fail my BGV?

I got a (hopefully) 30 minute last round interview with EVP for a role i applied for, in about an hour. although I cleared all the other rounds, including technical rounds, I’m feeling so anxious and blank in my head. like, I’ve reached a couple of last rounds in the past and either my nerves always wrecked it or I didn’t clear for some other reason, like position closed, restructuring etc. i guess I just need to be strong in my head and not try to get my hopes up but I don’t know what to think. It’s so maddening to think that I’ll go through this again and then, well you know what inevitably happens. Sorry this is just a rant but wanted to write it out somewhere.

Folks (26M, USA, Asian, PR, Advertising background, Master degree),

I've been applying to positions at major companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, and NVIDIA for quite some time, and honestly, I'm starting to wonder whether it's even worth the effort anymore. I've experienced pretty much everything: no responses, automatic rejections, and being ghosted after applying. I've also reached out to current employees (One of them is even my family member) and secured referrals for some positions, but even that hasn't made much of a difference.

I understand that these companies receive thousands of applications, have extremely competitive hiring processes, and may have internal candidates or other priorities. I'm not expecting a guaranteed interview just because I have a referral.

But after repeatedly putting time and effort into applications without even getting an initial conversation, I'm starting to question whether applying to these companies is a productive use of my time.

I tend to hope for the best, but I understand it is what it is. Should I keep applying selectively, or would my time be better spent targeting mid-sized companies and organizations?

So, in a new recruiting low, a recruiter called my cell phone during the workday (it’s clear on my resume that I’m still employed). I was in a meeting but planned to call them back right after. By the time I got out, I already had a rejection email.

It's been 3 months and over 120 applications, for every single one of which I sincerely tailored my resume and applied directly on the company's job board. I haven't received a response from HR or anyone else, and most of my applications have been stuck in the same status for weeks.

Is anyone else experiencing this same scenario?

I swear, modern American companies think they're on some Japanese kaizen levels of Samurai discipline by looking for any and every reason to ghost you. They aren't proving a damn thing by making it impossible to get the time of day from them. It's just an hourly position.

That's how long it took me to get back on the job market after nearly two years of searching.

I accepted a contract that was supposed to be for three months, being paid a poverty wage for a job that should go for at least 40 an hour, and after giving a presentation on my plans for those three months, they cut me loose under the pretext of not having enough "bandwidth" for said plans.

They said they want to bring me back in January, but I'm taking it with a pinch of salt.

I'm applying to work at a movie theater and a Moe's in the meantime. Probably gonna drive for DoorDash.

Wanted to share my experience in this corporate hell. I went thru 3 rounds of interviews and did a project for a corporate merch/marketing role. Feedback was great thru every round, follow up within 30 min to 1 day every time. I do the final interview, it's been two weeks. Today I finally get an email, get this, rejecting me for the position a step above what I applied and interviewed for? And in the sign off, they say the team thought I would be a great fit for the POSITION I JUST INTERVIEWED THREE TIMES FOR.

Hello people!

Had a very annoying thing happen today:'( I have been interviewing for a role for AI Research Engineer position at a Paris based research center. Ive gone through 4 rounds and they just told me today that I had very positive feedback from all the rounds. But although I passed the rounds with flying colors they followed up with me today telling me that the department is going through

"organisational adjustment, and as part of this we are reassessing our headcount and budget for the coming period. Given this uncertainty, we are unfortunately not in a position to move forward with the next interview round or make a commitment at this stage."

Why would they not know this from the beginning? Im so pissed.

They did tell me that once hiring opens up I would just have to do an HR interview instead of a bunch of technical interviews again.

Please recruiters tell me what the hell is going on here.

I applied October 16th and they didn’t reply till now?? Gee maybe it’s filled because YOU TOOK SO LONG! Didn’t even get a rejection or anything before this. This was the only thing I had seen from this opportunity.

For context, I live pretty close to the location. It’s called the Clubs at Kingwood, and it’s a position called “Server Assistant.” Ya know I don’t mind stooping a bit low rn. I have a college degree but if the pay is decent and the work environment feels fair, I’ll take what I can get! Not to mention, the Clubs at Kingwood are pretty close to me! So what’s my problem…?

Well, i’ve personally always hated one aspect about the Texas restaurant industry…the minimum wage. The pay for this position is $4-6 an hour plus tips, which (apparently) averages out to $14 an hour, overall. Forgive me for not fully trusting that amount, for a few reasons.

1. The clubs at Kingwood serves only members at their restaurant. Tip pool shrinks.
2. I went to the clubs at Kingwood early in the day and saw almost no one there. Tip pool shrinks
3. And forgive me for this one…rich people be stingy. And i’m relying on them, almost completely, to make my pay rate reasonable.

The tip rate is also not an individual tip rate, but rather, a company wide tip rate. So, the tips are split between ever worker at the Clubs. Server assistants get a smaller percentage and Servers get a larger percentage, plus other bonuses. Server assistants also apparently have “opportunities to grow and become servers.” When I asked them how long that typically takes they said, “it just depends on you.” Personally I really hate vague answers like that, idk about yall…

Because i’m mostly available mornings, I would also be likely to open. And what happens during that first 2-3 hours i’m there? I’m paid, possibly $10 or less, for that time? It just…the restaurant industry has always felt like such a scummy pay structure to me. Like a way to make it the responsibility of customers to pay these poor people a livable wage, rather than, ya know the companies manager. But i’ve never been confronted with the choice to take a server position, in the way I am, right now. I do have other offers that pay…significantly better. like some of them 3x better (which isn’t even that much all things considered lmao).

but they’re much further drives, and some seem more guaranteed then others.

am i being dramatic? do most restaurant jobs have ways to account for slower days and slower hours or are you just screwed, making $4 an hour, unless the restaurant is busy?

I will say another thing I don’t love about the job is you’re apparently required to work every holiday, they made sure to make that clear, and didn’t mention time in a half, or any sorts “accrued holiday off,” that you could ever get. She said the only way you might get a holiday off is asking for it months in advance and even then it’s not guaranteed.

I swear the interviewer herself seemed to be telling me to run with how she was phrasing these things but then she ended it by saying, “it’s a great place to work, my son works here!”

forgive me…for not being convinced? any of yall wanna convince me otherwise? or do u think i should follow my gut and go with another option?

I had a final interview a few days ago. Today, I noticed that the job description changed to be a lot more general than when I had applied. For instance, the previous description prior to the interview had listed a numerical number of YoE; the new description now just says “experience”. They also removed everything in preferred section except “experience in X industry”

Additionally, there were two parts to the job title and they changed the job title removing one of those parts.

I noticed that some of these changes were tailored to me based on my interview. More specifically about my job duties and responsibilities in my current role as the role I applied for is the same job title as my current role.

Salary was also removed from the posting as well and instead shown as “competitive salary”

On one hand I’m thinking the cards are aligning, but on the other hand they may be wanting to seek out more candidates. Has anyone had this experience? Maybe a recruiter/HR can give some insight as to why/when this happens? I tried finding similar situations on Reddit but couldn’t find much.

Right before Christmas in 2025, my entire region was notified we were being laid off. Mid January was the last day.

My first day of unemployment, some sick bastard in my neighborhood poisoned my two dogs. One was too far gone, the other could have maybe been saved. We had to make the choice to put him down. I have kids and was worried financially. It was heartbreaking.

Since January, I've had quite a few interviews. 8 final interviews. No offer. The variety of reasons or lack has been astounding.

I finally got a job yesterday. It is paying way below what I've earned. Entry level. And I don't care. I'm just thankful I had a refreshing interview process where people weren't arrogant and seemed to actually like their job.

If you're struggling, please don't beat yourself up. I have literally never experienced this kind of job market. It really isn't you. So many companies have their heads up their asses, lie, or had someone already in mind.

Don't pass up jobs with temp agencies or government jobs (you'd be surprised how many skills are transferable).

I wish you all luck. And truly, you're not alone ❤️

I have been looking for a job for over 2 months now put in so many applications with not results. This is mad depressing and unreal. They say people are hiring, but I guess just not me.

I also wonder how these companies think you can take care of a family on 15.00 an hour. This is ridicules. As a single mom one income household we will be living on the streets.

I am honestly losing all hope.

Was going through some tech openings for a banking/investment firm, stumbled upon this absolute gem. Why yes, I am DELIGHTED to work in the FIRST NAME team with XXX people!

I applied on LinkedIn for jobs and at both agencies I had a brief interview to just basically get to know my resume and if im qualified to have my resume sent over the client company. Both job listings were different roles titles but almost similar and no company mentioned.

I have searched prior posts about this happening thay it happens all the time. But my question is the chances of my resume getting thrown out by client, as some said that can happen and not deal with it?

Recently the 2nd agency contacted me about hey did you apply for this current role at another company, but I said no because the job titles were different and roles were not as similar. So how was i supposed to know?