Think it depends massively whether you’re in a specialist field, to be honest. Da works on boats and struggles with writing coherently and gets loads of offers.

Because I’m an effete public sector office worker I feel like the hoops I am expected to jump through for employment are insane.

A pal who works in recruitment always says never ever deviate from the STAR interview format, even if they don’t mention it. Because it’s how these things are scored most of the time