u/Greyscaleinblue

Just got off a call with a recruiter and she said she was currently screening 300 applicants.

300. Let that sink in.

So when I see people in [r/jobs](https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/) or [r/recruitinghell](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/) talking about they haven't gotten an interview, you gotta look at the numbers.

I've lurked on this thread and others and seen people complaining that they've put in 50 applications in a month, two months. Maybe 100.

Meanwhile I'm doing 6-14 interviews a week because I put in 15-30 applications a day and 100-150 a week. Been doing this since March.

It sucks. It's shitty. But 10 applications in a week post-AI era is just not gonna get you hired anymore.

Now I'm playing the interview game. I was so shitty at interviewing most of last year but the past few months I've seen more traction. I'm finally getting to second, third, and fourth rounds and I owe it to having so many interviews and being able to practice, be bad, and get back up.

With 1-2 interviews a month it becomes a lot harder to land, especially since even at the interview stage, you're fighting 15-30 other applicants. The math just isn't in your favor.

The solution? Tailored applications with AI. You can't just compete anymore with a "spray and pray" method or manually editing your application for each role anymore.

Anyone else? What have you seen?

Just got off a call with a recruiter and she said she was currently screening 300 applicants.

300. Let that sink in.

So when I see people in r/jobs or r/recruitinghell talking about they haven't gotten an interview, you gotta look at the numbers.

I've lurked on this thread and others and seen people complaining that they've put in 50 applications in a month, two months. Maybe 100.

Meanwhile I'm doing 6-14 interviews a week because I put in 15-30 applications a day and 100-150 a week. Been doing this since March.

It sucks. It's shitty. But 10 applications in a week post-AI era is just not gonna get you hired anymore.

Now I'm playing the interview game. I was so shitty at interviewing most of last year but the past few months I've seen more traction. I'm finally getting to second, third, and fourth rounds and I owe it to having so many interviews and being able to practice, be bad, and get back up.

With 1-2 interviews a month it becomes a lot harder to land, especially since even at the interview stage, you're fighting 15-30 other applicants. The math just isn't in your favor.

The solution? Tailored applications with AI. You can't just compete anymore with a "spray and pray" method or manually editing your application for each role anymore.

Anyone else? What have you seen?

God it was right in front of me the whole time. I can eat more if I'm eating whole foods. Of course it's hard to stay on a deficit eating fast food. And I used to be hungry soon after.

Tbh I've been warring over myself with this but the scale is already moving in the right direction. I'm tired of counting but also tired of not being at goal. I've got 60ish lbs to go! CICO

How are y'all managing 7+ interviews a week with a 9-5 in person job? It's so much.