<p>If you&#39;re curious about Bryan&#39;s strategy, you can apply to work with him here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDKb-PBSXBT_qfEI6q5awUV4UWFfeBm7qnMOUDO7jsDIl6gw/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">👉 Application form.</a></p><p>The tech job market is brutal right now. Everyone knows it.</p><p>People are sending hundreds of applications, getting ghosted, and wondering what the hell is actually going on behind the scenes of hiring.</p><p>So in this episode I sat down with Bryan, someone I met on LinkedIn and later met up with in Reno, and he shared something that honestly blew my mind.</p><p>Last year he did what most people do:</p><p>Around <strong>250 applications over 8 months… and almost no interviews.</strong></p><p>This year he completely changed his approach.</p><p>Instead of blasting applications everywhere, he used a <strong>targeted strategy</strong> and applied to <strong>only 58 roles</strong>.</p><p>That turned into <strong>16 interviews across 9 companies and multiple final rounds.</strong></p><p>Yeah… that got my attention.</p><p>In this conversation we talk about what he’s seeing on the <strong>front lines of the hiring market</strong>, including:</p><ul><li><p>Why most resumes never get seen</p></li><li><p>What hiring managers are actually filtering for</p></li><li><p>The mistake developers make in behavioral interviews</p></li><li><p>Why <strong>STAR stories</strong> matter way more than people think</p></li><li><p>The reality of <strong>DSA interviews</strong> and why speed matters</p></li><li><p>Why applying to the “right level” can dramatically increase your chances</p></li><li><p>And why job searching is really a <strong>game of probability</strong></p></li></ul><p>If you’ve been applying to jobs and feel like everything is disappearing into a black hole, this episode should help you understand <strong>how the hiring game actually works right now</strong>.</p><p>And honestly, Brian’s story proves something important:</p><p>You don’t need hundreds of companies to say yes.</p><p>You just need <strong>one</strong></p>