I’m working as a full stack SWE in SV and am interviewing around looking for something different with… interesting results, I’m wondering how others are finding it?

I’ve applied to probably 40 companies, gotten invited to do around 6 phone screens (some including two rounds to pass), and have yet to make it to an on-site.

Some of the phone screens I’ve done I just never heard back from, I’ve had two separate instances at different companies where in between passing the first and going on to the second round the company went through layoffs and the recruiters that were handling me were part of those affected, I’ve been told I will get an invite to an on-site after the company recovers from lay offs which never materialized, and I’ve just flat out not passed the rest.

The bar seems definitely much higher than I can ever remember it being at this stage, and companies seem pretty disinterested in following through with hiring. I have heard things are starting to stabilize in tech but it still seems like everyone is bracing for the worst.