Nine Onsites, Zero Offers, Eighty-Plus Rounds

A tech candidate on TeamBlind tallied their job search to date: over 100 interviews, 9 onsite final rounds, and more than 80 individual interview sessions across companies. The result: zero offers. "I cried after two same-day rejections," they wrote. "I am mentally burned out. Is it over for us?" The post drew commiseration from hundreds of engineers who described similar gauntlets in the 2026 market, where the average technical hire now requires 17.6 interviews. "The process is the problem," one commenter replied. "Not you."