# Sixty-Eight Companies. Fifteen Final Rounds. No Offer.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Candidate · via r/recruitinghell

Sixty-eight companies interviewed, fifteen final rounds reached, not one offer. The candidate has since taken the master's degree off the résumé and started applying to the basics — a gas station, a Starbucks, teller roles — and is being turned down for those too. After six weeks of it, the conclusion was blunt: they look you up, see the real record, and pass.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · 1.5k upvotes](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1wn1lzg/this_job_market_is_beyond_anything_ive_seen_in_36/)*
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