[graphememes]

I don't have much Data Science job hunting experience, however I have applied to and been hunted by over 100 startups, 24 enterprise companies, and 12 large "startups".

I've had the following:

  - 106 Rejections
  - 39 Offers
  - 24 Refused
  - 15 Contemplated
  - 5 Taken

Roles Applied for:

  - Software Engineer (55rj, 8o, 6r)
  - Product Manager (5rj, 6o, 5r)
  - Senior Software Engineer (31rj, 23o, 22r)
  - Product Lead (0rj, 1o, 1r)
  - Senior Product Manager (9rj, 3o, 2r)
  - VP of E (2rj, 1o, 1r)
  - CTO (0rj, 1o, 0r)

It's been a journey. I don't keep an exact list so this is from looking at my calendar and doing some basic math. This certainly doesn't include all of the role changes within companies.

Things to note:

  - People conflate Agile & Scrum a lot.
  - Make it easy for people in the room to know what you personally accomplished during your career.
  - Make an impression, don't overdo it however.
  - Make your descriptions easy to understand.
  - Don't just list tech stacks on your resume, list achievements.
  - Stay consistent.
  - Ask questions.

Also Note:

Regardless how impressive your Github & Stackoverflow accounts might be, you will still be asked to do a stupid code challenge. It irks me. I understand the reasoning for it when you don't have a viable pool of information on the individual, but when you do... It's just disrespectful.

Few places I have been rejected by:

  Salesforce, Atlassian, Trello, Twitch, Segment, AirBnB, Twitter, OKCupid, LinkedIn, Shippo,  and many many more.

Some places I have been offered by:

  Amazon, VMWare, Oracle, Google (twice), Apple (twice), Venmo, Auth0, Discord, Youtube, Hitbox, Steam, Pusher, Cloudflare

[michaelscott]

This is a really interesting set of stats you have here. Heartening in the sense that rejection is a common and overwhelming likelihood and shouldn't be a source of dejection, but also kind of depressing in the sense that it's clear many, many companies (including some big ones) have a terrible hiring process.

[graphememes]

Yes, for example some take months with everyone loving you the entire way, for a single person to interview you and reject you without a reason.

I'm glad I had those interviews early on, so now when I see an interview start to drag on, I cut it short as it doesn't look like a priority on their end.