Job interviews success rate

Finding my first "proper" job was pretty tough must have had 10 - 20 interviews before I got an offer on something I wanted.

Since then 4 interviews and 5 jobs.. last job I was approached by the MD of the company in question and offered a job.
 
I have had a total of 5 jobs and I am 30.

The first job my dad got me haha, so no interview required but it was more of a summer holiday thing, but I did it for years.

The second was a student placement job that I had to interview for.

The third was my first proper job, it went to badly that I didn't want the job after I left the interview, however was offered the job and I did 6 months before leaving.

Due to leaving I then went temping, did a 'test' at the recruitment agency and then went perm after 6 months. I did have an interview but it was more of a formality.

I went for a couple of jobs internally there, didn't get the jobs, realised I was being played and looked elsewhere.

Finally my current job, application, online test, interview/presentation. I wanted the job so badly I puked the morning of the interview, because I knew it was life changing both career wise and salary wise. I got the job though lol and have never been happier.
 
38, had

Shop assistant (16-18 saturday job)
Junior electrical engineer / Electrical engineer (18-25)
IT support (third line) 25 - 29)
Network manager (30 - 32)
IT senior analyst (third line) (32 - 37)
IT Security / Project manager 37- present

Had 7 job interviews in my life, 7 successful although I turned down one of the posts afterwards when it turned out in discussions that the job required a lot more traveling than had been advertised, hence only 6 roles above.

Quite surprising when you consider that I left school with no qualifications above standard grade and only have an HNC in electrical engineering but my last 4 posts have had "degree or equivalent" specs.
 
I think I have only ever once not got an offer. They did initially make an offer verbally, but then the MD apparently claimed I was over-qualified, and would leave after getting bored in a short period, so this was never followed up. He was right actually, in hindsight. I just wanted out of the place I was in, and it seemed like a way into a different industry.

Of the offers I have had, I only ever turned down 1 myself. Really didnt like the place, and the role needed me to sharperoned for the first 6 months till a certain clearance came through. (IT in an Atomic Weapons establishment)

9 jobs, 11 interviews, 11 offers, 1 rejected by me, 1 removed by them afterwards...
 
I've had 5 external proper job interviews of which I have been offered jobs three times, (one I would have taken but took so long to come back I had already taken a job elsewhere and another even up'ed their offer when I decided against taking the job, as the recruiter had lied to me about what the job entailed and it was not what I wanted).

Of the other two I didn't get the first was my first ever interview and being quite shy it didn't go very well and the other one I aced their "test" but again didn't do well in the interview.

For internal roles within my current employer my track record isn't as good as I'm one success for three interviews, (one of the failures I didn't expect to get as of the four people going for the role 2 were a lot more qualified for it but I thought I had nothing to lose by trying but the other was a pain as the interview was a lot harsher than I expected and I didn't do well in it). The one I did get I was basically internally headhunted for the role which I am still doing now.
 
I think anyone who has a high interview success rate either hasn't had many interviews or is over the age of 30. People applying for jobs in todays market do not have a high success rate.

alx said:
Technically not at the the moment there isn't, in fact following revised figures we haven't been in a recession since 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23079082
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That's a questionable definition of a recssion. The high rate of unemployment and lack of economic growth of more indicative of the recession we are in, rather than an arbritary statistic.
 
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Age: 30
Interviews: 10
Offers: 9
Accepted: 9

The 1 failed interview still ended up with me working for the company, just in a different role.
 
Energize said:
I think anyone who has a high interview success rate either hasn't had many interviews or is over the age of 30. People applying for jobs in todays market do not have a high success rate.
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Sorry, but you are wrong, I am 29. :p

I was headhunted for my current role, but still had to complete an interview.
 
Echo the crass comments here. Down on your luck people with no luck might be turned off a little to hear how successful others can be. Not intended in that manner I'm sure, but it's still not particularly thoughtful.
 
I had a couple of pretty disastrous interviews about 12-15 years ago - I thought I knew more than I did and felt pretty bad afterwards.

But it made me realise what I had to do in order to get such a job, so I worked my nuts off for the next 2-3 years before trying again.

I've had 2 interviews since then and got the job both times.
 
I can't remember the numbers of interviews I've had exactly, going to say half a dozen.

I'm 21 and left university in my first year so was applying to jobs left right and center. I knew some of the jobs I didn't really want to do long term but knew I had the ability. They probably picked up that it wasn't my career choice. The one job interview I had for a job I really wanted to do, I was successful in.
 
25 yo

7 interviews since I first applied for a job at 16.
4 offers
4 accepts

I'm happy with that! the shortest turn around time I've had for application through to job acceptance was 3 days! Applied on the Monday, had 2 interviews for the same role, and had an offer which I accepted on the Thursday of the same week!
 
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