Guys, please share how many i interviews you had before scoring the first job?

I am currently a BSc in Software Engineering London and already hate the interview process due to all the aptitude and puzzle tests :D

2 interviews with 2 companies each (for a total of 4), but contrary to most of my colleagues, I had significant experience from another technical background, so that probably helped.

Getting my first job in my initial !dev career of mechanical engineering took something like 11 interviews across 5 companies.

In my experience of interviews for jr positions, getting ahead is about being enthusiastic and showing that you're willing to learn. If you can get yourself in front of someone at a company and physically show them how hard you're willing to work, it multiplies your value to a company.

Keep grinding away my dude! Maintain a gung-ho attitude, and you'll score that first offer in no time.

10

I never even had the chance to have a face to face interview with a technical person :(

@Torbuntu Pretty much the same here haha

I applied to a whole bunch of companies, none of them replied, I got contacted by a local company, figured they were doing some interesting stuff, and here I am!

13

I swear devrant is so helpful sometimes. I had an existensial crisis earlier today after messing up my third interview :D

@L8NightScience not sure if you're saying 10 and 13 are terribly high numbers, but if so, I must point out that their persistence is something to be admired!

Only one and I have this job now for over a year. Could not be happier there 😁

Just one they hired me on. Small town area so I took the easy experience.

No interviews just internship and then the offer