I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've had way more rejections than I've had jobs.
You're rejected 10 to 20 times for every part you are going to get.
You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you've got a lot of inaccuracies out there.
In certain businesses, I would say 10 failures to one success is a perfectly acceptable ratio. Because the failures die pretty quickly, they're not that expensive, and the successes can be really huge.
In any interview, you do say more or less than you mean.
Rejection is the one constant of human experience.
I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.
You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.
There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection.
I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.