what is your ratio of interview vs obtaining job? or, more intelligibly worded: how many jobs have you interviewed for and obtained?

i have had one interview and i have gotten one job

the funny thing is that the job i interviewed for is not the job i have

i have had 3 formal interviews, but numerous phone interviews with clients.

Of the formal, I got 2 of them. Of the numerous phone ones "most" is the best I can describe.

I usually feel, especially in my field, if I get an interview, i have at least a 50/50 shot at the job. They already know my skills/qualifications, then whats left is a knowledge type test along with a personality like test...

Assuming the first goes well, the second is a no brainer for me.

I've only not got one job I've been interviewed for, and I was pissed about it. It was for working in a clinic, with great pay, benefits & banker's hours.

I still watch to see if anything like that opens up again :(

The last 9 months:
36 applications
2 interviews
0 jobs

I've had two interviews that I didn't recieve an offer at, the rest (9) I either declined or began working at (since age 15).

Err 1 and 1 success more, forgot about my horrible psychology job :(

For the white collar professional jobs, I only went on one face-to-face interview where I didn't get the job, and holy crap did I completely TANK on that interview. :rolleyes: There have been a couple of telephone screening interviews where I never got a call back, probably because I was asking for too much money.

That said, I have "interviewed" with a bunch of professional recruiters, maybe a dozen or so. But those interviews are really more of "get to know you" interviews, as you do not actually interview for a job.

I would say 7 interviews to one job offer. My advice is never to get discouraged. Rejection is all part of the game.