Have you ever gotten every job you applied for?

Ive been headhunted for last two roles.

I then applied for my bosses job even though i knew they would not give it to me as they wanted some specific experience I didnt have. I didn't get it but got some really valuable feedback

Until recently, I’d got every job I applied for, but I’ve had fewer than 10 jobs in over 30 years of working life, including bar jobs as a student.

A couple of years ago I was rejected for a job on the third interview. I then went on to get my current job.

Yes but they’re not well paid jobs

Do you never want to push yourself put of your comfort zone and apply for a job that you may not know you'll get as there's some development room?

Nearly all. I apply for jobs I know I'll get, I interview well. I get offered nearly all, not all, but most. I do accounts, am good at what I do and that's why I get offered most.

I've met plenty like me, and middlers, and many who have to apply for 100's, 300+, 600+, and only then eventually find a job in the end. You must know this. Why on earth does it surprise you?

When I was starting out applied for 100 jobs before getting one. Later got all I applied for. Got headhunted. No substitute for a proven track record.

I've never failed to get an interview, but I don't always get the job after the interview stage.

Yep, but over a 24 year career I've only had 6 jobs. Plus 2 of those I was invited to apply for, so was pretty much a shoo-in. I'm not including the job I applied for, but withdrew my application for after the interview because I didn't fancy the job after I found out more about it.

Yeah, so far gotten them all. Bigly time.

Just to even things out a bit OP I can safely say I have not got every job I’ve applied for. In fact the vast majority I never even hear from. Slightly different now I’m firmly in my career stage rather than my desperately trying to find any job that pays the rent stage but still nowhere near the success rate of PP.

Despite this thread it must be more common not to get every job you’ve applied for. I mean for every person on the thread saying they got the job, there must be far more who applied to that same job and didn’t! Unless PPs were the only candidates which I doubt.

Until quite recently that was DH - he was working in a VERY niche part of an already small industry though, there weren't many others trained in the specific thing he was. All of his jobs (bar the first one, where he worked his way up from a grad scheme he got accepted to on first try) he was headhunted for because there were so few people doing it and everyone knew everyone's experience, so by that point the interviews were really a formality. He's had quite the shock since he changed industry.

I've got every job I've ever been interviewed for. But not every job I've applied for has offered me an interview.

I've been offered every job I've ever interviewed for, but there have been PLENTY that I applied for and didn't get an interview.

Yes, but I've only had 2 'career' jobs. Lots of bar type jobs (also got these at first interview),

Yes it's true for me, but I've only worked for 2 companies. So 1st company, I had 4 interviews for various promotions and got each one, then I changed career and I've had 5 promotion interviews and got each one.

No, but I think I’ve got a pretty decent success rate now I’m older and more established

Hmm mostly. I have had 7 FT jobs in 35 years of working, and the last 3 of those cover 30 years. (it's no wonder I feel tired 🤔) In that time there were 3 jobs I interviewed for that I didn't get. I am not particularly good at interviews to be fair - I think most of it was down to right time, right place - a bit of luck. Though obviously I had the experience for the roles.

I have been successful at every interview I have had - but haven’t had that many! I am told that it is clear from the way I talk that I am intelligent, but I’m not sure why/how. I am a fast thinker which maybe gives a good impression of intelligence, but as my slower thinking husband would say it doesn’t always lead to the right answer. He is more methodical and I am more reactive.

I am a good communicator one to one so maybe that’s why I interview well. But within a team I am often critiqued as not being a “good team player”.

Im looking for a new job currently though so hopefully I’ve still got that X factor, whatever it might be!!!

AI Detector QuillBot tells me the OP is 100 percent likely to be AI-generated. So yeah, maybe don't use ChatGPT for your applications.

Mostly I do. I apply for jobs I know I can do.

When I was young, I went through a long period when I got every job I applied for, but there was a degree to which I think that was because there were few applicants for the jobs I went for and I was reasonably personable and happened to be good at the type of interviewing then, which was frequently very much just a chat to see if you got on.

Now I’m much older, with a slightly problematic CV, I have had to get used to the opposite and have, on at least two occasions, been turned down for a job where there were no other candidates and were desperate to hire someone. It’s horrible for knocking any confidence out of you.

I had many interviews over the years but always pipped to the post by someone else. I used to be regularly selected for the interview stage but that was when I fluffed it. I’m settled into a comfy role now with really good money and great colleagues. I’m glad to have failed to get those jobs because I wouldn’t have what I have now.

Turned down for one graduate role and got another (better) one. Then headhunted for another role, applied for one job in between and didn't get it. Applied for a job and got down to the last two, also lost out to an internal candidate, but one of the panel called me the next day and put me up for my current job. My industry is quite word of mouth and definitely who you know and who will champion you.

No. I've only managed to land 5 jobs in my life, including my current role - which I am never going to leave because I'll never get another one as I am incredibly bad at interviews. I get so nervous I literally can't remember my name (have accidentally said my maiden name on one occasion). I can't deal with going through all that again!

Nope..

Since I qualified as a nurse and I've got every job I applied for. Obviously the profession has massive shortages, but I've gotten jobs over others with more experience.

At 15-26 years, I really struggled. I applied for so many jobs, rarely offered an interview. If I did get an interview I wasn't offered the job. I really wanted to work.