Someone with no people skills / respect for boundaries

There are no mountains at all until 110kms before Gijón, then it gets mountainous af for a while but there are tunnels. The centre of Spain is elevated, but plain. The reason there aren't more railways there is because it's basically empty.

Source: I'm literally on the Madrid-Valladolid-Gijon route right now.

Ahh gotcha. Yeah that’s fortunate. Glad you found something!

Like I did apply to a few managerial positions because I'm completing my MBA this year - but honestly the market is pretty crazy and most of those auto-rejections we're at FAANG or other very established companies

The data comes from the Current Population Survey, which is sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. This is a household survey, so it only samples those with an address. This is a potential shortcoming of the survey, as states like Hawaii, New York, and California with homelessness rates of ~0.3% to ~0.5% may in fact get undercounted.

License fees for what ?

How much do you have in savings to date?

But Switzerland is tiny.

They were mostly people from school and my MBA - but yeah I'm mostly just grateful to have a job now, it's crazy out there

It’s unnecessary visual information, because only one went on further than 5 and it resulted in an offer at the 8th interview, so we have the relevant info in the context.

Low cost of living, decent wages/jobs, beautiful land. Nevermind don't come here it's awful!

NOW UBS will be worth 3x Swiss. Get ready for fireworks, this will get ugly.

Public transportation including buses and trams or only trains?

Ahh I see. Did you know people who worked at the startups from FAANG then? Oddly of all of my former coworkers only one of them moved to a startup. Not so helpful when the big companies are on freezes right now lol

Iceland Norway Switzerland & Lichtenstein are members of EFTA - they are not EU members but are members of Schengen, the single market, and some stuff like Eurostat and Erasmus that the UK no longer participates in. Many brexiters claimed that efta membership “Norway status” would be the outcome of brexit…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Trade_Association

I did not expect this much auto-rejection from ex-FAANG. Were you aiming for a higher position than you were before?

““Fog in the Channel, continent cut off”

8th interview wtf are these companies doing?

I was thinking this and came here to see if anyone else noticed. Spain also has some of the best intercity rail lines in Europe.

If thats true then you're right! I could be getting threads crossed.

So of the 9 companies I actually interviewed with, 2 of them came from recruiters talking to be on linked in. 6 of them were from me networking and the last was just a cold application.

In my other comment I mentioned that each one had a different topic focus: stats, epidemiology, soft skills, and even one brief coding interview. There was also a presentation I had to give that was to the whole group, so there was still a large- group portion. Most of the sessions had 2 people as well.

I think this way is less intimidating for the interviewee, saves time for the interviewers, and builds in some natural breaks. Having been on both sides, I prefer this to one 2hr+ session with all 8-10 people. This is especially true when the candidate gets a chance to ask questions, as they can see the different answers, and they might feel more comfortable asking something to a future collaborator but not a future boss.

You can tell anyone that makes you do 8 interviews to fuck off. They don’t respect your time before you’re employed, they sure won’t after.

Depends on type of job, specific role, and seniority. Eight seems excessive unless you're very senior, but 5-6 is pretty common, especially if you're including the recruiter screen.

These maps seem to mark public transport stops and stations. Frequency is also a huge factor in quality, and that's not represented here. Having 2 buses a day drive a route may cover a lot of ground, but it's not high quality public transport.