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It took me about 7 weeks, in that time I submitted upward of 90 applications, as I was okay with moving. And had interviews/emails trickling in at the 2 week mark. My resume was groomed, and edited by some career development minded folks, I did a lot of reading on resume formatting and word choice. Practiced white boarding, reviewed and felt comfortable with the base data structures and algorithms. I would say if you can speak to your relevant experiences and are able to tie that into the position, most times the 2-3 years of experience or BS in CS or engineering is a soft requirement. That being said shoot for doing 4-5 applications per day, and if an interview goes poorly, brush it off, and get ready for the next one. I created categories, or staging points for each application in asana, and treated the job search like work. (Applied, emailed, follow up thanks, phone screen, phone interview, onsite, etc) Depending on who is doing the hiring the process could take an hour or it could take 3wks+ if its a big organization. Edit: Also reframe any "problems" as challenges, and instead of making negative comments try to pull out the positive from any given situation when asked about something. |