>> I applied to 291 companies, did 32 phone screens, 16 technical screens, 13 coding challenges, 11 on-sites, and received 8 offers.<p>How much time would that take?<p>Figure 15 minutes per company - 4,365 minutes, or 72 hours. And that's time just spent finding the company, changing around a cover letter, and then emailing it and responding etc.<p>32 phone screens? Let's say 30 minutes each, that's 960 minutes, or 16 hours of phone screens. Forget accounting for prep time, etc<p>16 technical screens, an hour or two, let's go 90 minutes. Again, not accounting for prep or anything else - 1440 minutes, or another 24 hours.<p>13 coding challenges. From experience companies want you spending no more than 1 day or 8 hours on a coding challenge, so 104 hours here.<p>11 on-sites. At least 2 hours each, 22 hours, not accounting for travel or anything like that.<p>Also, I would have targeted applications to a lot less than 291 companies. I guess if I was trying to get my first job I'd be a lot less picky, but the 'ideal' company to work at can be few and far between.