Have you ever gotten every job you applied for?

Agree do your research on the company.

Years ago I had a record of 28 interviews and 23 job offers.
More recently I've had 5 interviews and 4 job offers.
I'm a chef but being late 50 s probably goes against me as it physically demanding.
Got the qualifications and a good work ethic.

Roll back 5-10 years then maybe but ATS solutions make that almost impossible now.

But if your friend has a winning formula then she shouldn't gatekeep.

True, I've only ever applied for the three teaching positions (including my current head of department job) and one student job in M&S, nothing high flying in big corporate!

I have. But I’ve only had a handful of jobs. I dread to think what it would be like if I applied now!

I don't think I've ever applied for a job and not got it. Racking my brains trying to think of one. Certainly for the last 30+ years I've been offered every job I've applied for. Mind you for the last two jobs I was headhunted so I didn't even need to apply really. For the last one I filled in the online application after I'd already been offered it.

Some jobs are quite easy to get though, I think it depends on the profession and what level you are at, eg. Higher up positions are more difficult to secure that the ones at the lower end of the scale

I've been successful in getting every job I've ever applied for.

With hindsight I've not applied for anywhere near enough jobs!

Good advice there!

Same here and totally agree with you. I’ve never half assed an application. I’ve always put loads of effort into it and then interview prep. I have been at my current job for a long time now though and would probably fail miserably if I had to apply for jobs and interview again. I definitely don’t have the confidence I had when I was younger

Yes I have, nothing highly qualified by any means but I've got every single job I've ever applied for. Three times after moving to new towns, one of which had over 400 applications which really stunned me when they told me.
I told myself the job was mine and did my best to stay calm, confident and friendly. I always tried to find out as much as possible about my potential new employers and thought about questions to ask them so I appeared enthusiastic about the job & interested in them.

Agreed, but I also suspect that the OP’s so called ‘friend’ might be lying

If I knew a friend was getting a lot of rejections this is certainly not something that I would say to her even if it was true, the ‘friend’ could be deliberately saying it to make her feel worse than she already does

Keep going OP, eventually something suitable will turn up, the worst thing you could do is loose momentum although a couple of days break from it might be good if it is really getting you down

Yes, every one, never do prep for them either, or think about it before hand, only had 4 jobs though in 28 years of working life.

Not every job, but I’ve got most of them. That’s a facet of me not having changed jobs that much though, and a few times my job has kind of organically grown into another role so I’ve changed without having to interview or apply. For people who’ve moved about a bit more and been a bit more ambitious than me I’d say it was unusual to get every job applied for.

Surely it all depends how ambitious or realistic your job applications are? If you always apply for stuff you've already basically been recommended or headhunted for then you'll probably get it. If you always apply for jobs you have heaps of relevant experience doing then you'll be likely to get those too?

I got every job I interviewed for, but I had a few (3 I think) applications where I wasn't even shortlisted. I don't generally apply for more than 2 positions at a time though, I'm quite selective.

i have got pretty much every job I’ve applied for. It’s entirely down to charisma and confidence. Go in with no expectations of getting the job, put zero pressure on yourself, and it’s much easier.

Largely yes

However the ones I haven't got are the ones that just weren't right for me, Whether that was down to my strengths, skillset or what I enjoyed doing.

If it's for you it won't go by you.

I've been offered every job I've been interviewed for - getting interviews is a different matter !

Correct language is important in my profession - my C.V. would have been thrown away if I used "gotten".

I’d say the majority of jobs I’ve applied for (including Saturday jobs and graduate schemes) I’ve never even heard back from the company. There have been many, many interviews I’ve done that I haven’t got, including ones where I absolutely thought I had it in the bag. Some of this was early in my career when I just needed a job, the jobs weren’t really in my field and not what I was hoping to do but I just needed to apply for everything. I also did some contract roles so again was applying for everything as my contract was ending.

I also had a period in my previous job where I was looking quite intensively and wasn’t having much luck. I did get interviews for most of the roles I applied for (probably only or two applications that didn’t result in an interview in that time) but out of 14 interviews, I only got 1 of those. I then turned that down. That was a period which really hit my confidence. I was looking because I was unhappy in that job and I think that was really coming across in interviews. I took a break from job hunting, focussed on what I did like about my job and really clarified what I wanted. I got the next job I applied for.

About 80% I’d say but I don’t move roles that frequently and haven’t ever applied for anything that’s a total reach.

I’ve got every job I’ve interviewed for except one because I didn’t drive at the time. NOWHERE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION DID IT STATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR DRIVING OR A LICENSE! This still annoys me as it’s a waste of everyone’s time but they went bust a few years later so fuck ‘em.

Yup. Sounds completely ridiculous

Yes. But only up to a certain career point. About five years ago I was in the position of having been offered every job applied for (except I think once when there was a preferred internal candidate). Since progressing into more senior roles it is much much harder. Roles are scarce and often it’s about a particular profile that you either have or don’t have. It’s not enough to be well qualified and excellent at what you do at this stage of career.

Yes I got every job I applied for until I was 40. I don't actually think it was to do with age, more with the job market being so different. I even once got a job I hadn't even applied for.

My best odds were when returning to work after DC 5 applications, 5 interviews, 3 job offers, was very pleased as my confidence was low.

My most recent job change was two applications, two interviews, one job offer.

An ex colleague said she had no issue getting jobs until she hit 55, then people just weren't interested and it was impossible to get past interview stage.

On the other hand I have a friend in her 30s who is truly exceptionally attractive, to date if she's interviewed by men she admits she's pretty much guaranteed the job-to date 100% success rate with interviews by men.