Title: I&#x27;m in the middle of a job search. Here are some stats:<p><pre><code>  - 50 applications submitted
  - 21 no response
  - 3 no longer hiring
  - 11 rejected without interview
  - 15 first round interviews
  - 9 technical interviews
  - 2 rejected after technical interview
  - 2 onsite
</code></pre>
I have ~6 years of experience as a self-taught fullstack web developer with a bit more professional experience on the frontend, though I&#x27;m comfortable with both sides. I&#x27;ve had a senior level title. All of my performance reviews have been positive and I don&#x27;t have trouble doing the work. My current CTO said that I was one of the smartest developers on our team of 20. I got similar feedback from colleagues at my last company and I was promoted there 4 times in 3 years. I blog regularly about programming, including posts that have been on the front page of Hacker News. I spoke at a conference this year. I have a decent amount of work on Github, including some contributions to well known open source projects.<p>I feel like the numbers for this job search are not good but I can&#x27;t figure out what the problem is. A large majority of the companies rejected me without an interview, either sending a form letter or not response at all. There hasn&#x27;t been any feedback about why they&#x27;re not interested in me. This has been especially true of larger, more well-known companies. I&#x27;m completely qualified on paper but there&#x27;s no interest.<p>I&#x27;ve also started to lose confidence for technical interviews. They feel so arbitrary. Some times I do really well. Sometimes not. But in both cases, I don&#x27;t feel like my skills have been tested or demonstrated. When I do well, the stars lined up and when I don&#x27;t, they didn&#x27;t. The whole thing makes me feel increasingly insecure about my ability to build a career, even though I&#x27;ve demonstrated that I can do the work once hired.<p>Is this the average experience or is there something going on here?
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