Stories from people who applied directly through the employer's own careers page. Across these 4 stories, the median was 5 interviews, over a search of about 6 weeks (3 of 4 report it).
Newest first. Each one links to the full story.
Negotiated from junior Data Scientist offer of £55k up to Senior level at £78k by presenting three years of comparable impact at similar-stage companies.
Landed a Technical Writer role at a Lisbon software company in 22 days by completing a transparent 4-hour writing test during the application phase.
Drawn in by Picnic's food-waste mission from an article, a candidate applied directly, cleared five rounds in the company's four-week process, and relocated to Amsterdam for a senior software engineer role.
An ex-Microsoft engineer was fast-tracked past Google's phone screen straight to a virtual onsite and landed a $360k total-comp offer, then declined it, holding better-paying options and no longer seeing Google as the automatic top choice.
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