How many jobs did you apply to? Just trying to gauge whether you’re just being choosy at which jobs to apply to, or whether this market really sucks even for ex-FAANg
Couple hundred jobs last year. Got a few onsites but everyone was extremely picky. My performance during interviews wasn't too bad. I got the feeling multiple times that it didn't matter how well I performed - there was something else going on. I talked with peers from FAANG and they experienced the same. I applied for about 50 in July and received 0 callbacks during that time. It was extremely depressing.
Even doing team match calls with Meta, I've heard the words, "you're the perfect candidate/match" and still did not get matched. I guess you need to be beyond perfect in this market.
I'm starting again this year and have applied to about 150 positions in the last two weeks between SF, NYC, and remote. A few interviews lined up but mostly with companies you wouldn't have ever heard of.
Good luck! I found with Google and Meta at least it is way easier to land a job in the bay area and then transfer to a new team in another city than it is to simply start out on that non SF team in the first place!!
This is something I considered but I have a real knack for getting on the most toxic teams and I already live in NYC. I don't want to move back to SFBA until I'm married. It's a pretty terrible place to be a single straight man.
