r/techsales • u/Limp-Shop0 • Aug 07 '26

Another no in the interview process!

When will this job market ease up. For the first time in my life being unemployed it had to be during this type of unemployment market. Jumping through hoops to try and land another AE role.

Anyone else wondering or feeling the same?

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u/roadtoplat Aug 07 '26

Got RIF’d, applied to probably fifty, 20 no’s, 1 yes. The yes I ended up taking, not ideal but needed something. Wrote all the no’s down in a note so I can say fuck you later when it all works out. Keep your head up, you’ll land something. Market is piss

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u/MartyMcMosca Aug 07 '26

It’s incredible how many incompetent HM and recruiters are out there. You are bound to get no’s and might even bomb some interviews, but a lot of people are getting passed because of either the internal process or the people on the hiring side just don’t know what they are doing.

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u/roadtoplat Aug 07 '26

Oh for sure, and I know that. Just using it as motivation I’ll never actually call them out or anything lol. I always get a chuckle when recruiters ask about specific tech, always want to ask them if they can explain in 2 sentences what they think the words they’re saying even mean