I tracked 200+ job applications and the data changed how I job hunt
Nitin Singh
I spent three months applying to jobs last year. Mass applied to everything. Tweaked my resume maybe twice. Hit "Easy Apply" like it was a dopamine button. 200+ applications. 6 callbacks. 2 interviews. 0 offers. So I did what any frustrated developer would do. Turned the whole thing into a data problem. Started tracking every application. Source, date, response time, resume version, whether I tailored the keywords, whether I followed up. The patterns that showed up were brutal. But they complete
