Thanks for writing this up and making it public. Couple comments:
On average 45 applications were submitted to each position.
CEA Core roles received an average of 54 applications each; EOIs received an average of 53 applications each.
Is the first number a typo? Shouldn’t it be ~54
Ashby hires 4% of applicants, compared to 2% at CEA
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Overall, CEA might be slightly more selective than Ashby’s customers, but it does not seem like the difference is large
Whether this is “large” is obviously subjective. When I read this, I see ‘CEA is twice as selective as industry over the last couple years’. Therefore my conclusion is something like: Yes, it is still hard to get a job in EA, as evident from CEA being around twice as selective as industry for some roles; there are about 54 applicants per role at CEA. I think the summary of this post should be updated to say something like “CEA is more competitive but in the same ballpark as industry”
I think the summary of this post should be updated to say something like “CEA is more competitive but in the same ballpark as industry”
I agree we hire a smaller percent of total applicants, but we hire a substantially greater percent of applicants who get to the people ops interview stage.
I think the latter number is probably the more interesting one because the former is affected a bunch by e.g. if your job posting gets put onto a random job board which gives you a ton of low-quality applicants.
But in any case: in some ways CEA is more selective, and in other ways we are less; I think the methodology we used isn’t precise enough to make a stronger statement than “we are about the same”.
Thanks for writing this up and making it public. Couple comments:
Is the first number a typo? Shouldn’t it be ~54
Whether this is “large” is obviously subjective. When I read this, I see ‘CEA is twice as selective as industry over the last couple years’. Therefore my conclusion is something like: Yes, it is still hard to get a job in EA, as evident from CEA being around twice as selective as industry for some roles; there are about 54 applicants per role at CEA. I think the summary of this post should be updated to say something like “CEA is more competitive but in the same ballpark as industry”
Bottom line is actually ‘CEA is four times as selective’. This was pointed out elsewhere but its a big difference.
Fixed, thanks!
I agree we hire a smaller percent of total applicants, but we hire a substantially greater percent of applicants who get to the people ops interview stage.
I think the latter number is probably the more interesting one because the former is affected a bunch by e.g. if your job posting gets put onto a random job board which gives you a ton of low-quality applicants.
But in any case: in some ways CEA is more selective, and in other ways we are less; I think the methodology we used isn’t precise enough to make a stronger statement than “we are about the same”.