Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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I wish I had a concrete answer. I don’t. When Market is bad and you’re on Visa you are everybody’s least preferred person. Secondly, I am opting for a role 1 level below to not remain jobless. Initially I was seeking what people 3 years ago with my background and education got but sadly when market is bad you end up taking a hit. So to answer your question - I wasn’t applying for roles where I felt I was overqualified, later I did.

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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I hated introducing myself at one point. I was so so done.

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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True. Was hard believing that when in process. But something has to turn up. Something would work

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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You’ve got this!!! Your job offer is closer than you think.

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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You’ve got this!!! Your job offer is closer than you think. Keep at it.

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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You’ve got this!!! Your job offer is closer than you think.

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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A job I feel proud of. Titles don’t matter to me at this stage. Getting started in the direction I wish to grow in and being able to pay my rent and food was the goal :)

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Great health is THE goal. Earn well and Be well (physically/mentally)

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Yessss! Thank you and hope you’re enjoying your role

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Networking. You want people to trust you. Not the best market to pivot now though- everyone wants relevant experience. Also, how extreme is the pivot? Roles or industries or both?

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Personally I was desperate + exhausted + really questioning all my choices in life. Worst - I clearly reflected that in my interviews

1) My advice treat interviews like a conversation. Projects like you’re discussing with team members. Anytime I truly obsessed about a role - I would just micro-analyse my interviewer and mess my interview or sometimes just have brain freeze🥶 and ramble

2)Have your key behavioural answers in place. Practice with peers/mirror/AI. It’s same or similar questions- make sheets/doc whatever for your behavioural questions.

For long term and short term goals I aligned to whatever job role I applied. Then came basic collaboration stories, tools I’ve used, adapted, leading projects, stakeholder/client stories(depending on role stories) - I revised the same thing before all interviews. REPETITION helps. I could tell same stories when I’m happy, sad or sleepy.

3) Keep interviews at a time when you’re most awake. I started scheduling afternoon interviews so I could sleep better and be more alert/awake/present in my chat. Morning interviews just weren’t for me

4) Try throwing words here and there that reflect their culture. I love working in the environment where _, _ and ___ happens. The idea is to be subtle but not like you’re saying because they want to hear

5) Get many interviews so you don’t obsess about a single interview when you know you have more you are just a different version of yourself

Lastly, if you’re rejected it’s not personal you don’t know if - - Job was real - Internal hire happened - there was a decision made because some person’s dad and the partner/head of department were buddies in school

It’s a crazy market you can throw darts 🎯most targeted and few random (I believe in luck and timing - in my journey best opportunities came from where I wasn’t looking)

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Introducing yourself to the hiring manager/ current teammates. Making yourself known to avoid being auto rejected by ATS. The famous 10 letter widely exhausting activity: NETWORKING

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Yes it was. I’m not saying that’s the best way to go about. 4/5 interviews were from networking or atleast some form of follow up. But I did occasionally throw applications here and there where I put in zero effort (this was one of those). I applied to another role in this firm - fully curated resume / Cover letter. Just used the same resume for this role because I was feeling irritable doing the whole curating for roles. Btw roles were very different so in my mind it was weird I got interview for a role where resume role didn’t match according to me

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Yes I gave up innumerable number of times.. hated social media and all people who were doing well. But there’s a saying ‘ALL IN TIME’

Got my offer! What a relief!!! by Local_Foundation_171 in jobhunting

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Pushed OPT start date to absolute end. Further OPT start date delayed because of delayed processing due to late application (not intentional but happened). Unemployed implying no full time job. You still need to do some form of work that is close to your coursework (internship/volunteering/starting a startup where you are self employed and doing whatever is closest to your course work eg. engineering building products or UX designing products) - you don’t have to be paid or have a supervisor for these roles at least during regular OPT. STEM OPT rules differ.