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by kunil 4667 days ago
If that is true, I can relate the HR or hiring people. It must be bad when majority of applicants are not suitable to job at all.

~2 months ago I started searching for a new job. I only applied that actually suits to me and I am capable. I only applied 3 places and all interviewed me, in the end I got 2 offers (I am starting next week!). I guess that is just me.
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busterarm 4666 days ago
I have the same experience as you. I really cherry pick what jobs I apply for and I almost always get an interview and an offer. There's only two times to my memory that I didn't get an offer and one was because I was lied to about what job I was applying for.

I really can't understand people who just blast their resume out for every job they're not qualified for.

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sokoloff 4666 days ago
That's not surprising to me (that you got offers from 2 of 3).

Congrats on the new role, and have confidence that if it turns out not to be to your liking, that you have options. You're likely to go 2-for-3 in your next job search as well; it probably wasn't random/dumb luck; you're a bigger/better fish in that pond than you probably think...

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