What was the competition for your job like?

Question: What was the competition for your job like?
- Keywords:
  application,
  competition,
  job
Asked by durn532abas58 to Tim H, rutesantos, Rob M, jamiehoneychurch, gillianhunter, arleneskipper, amelialoustascooke on 23 Jan 2026.
- Rute Santos answered on 23 Jan 2026:
  
  PhD applications are extremely competitive. It tooke me over 1 year (and over 25 applications) to get one. I had around 5 interviews that rejected me, some applications never even got back to me. It was really difficult to endure for so long, so I had decided that the programme I am currently in wa smy last application and I was prepared to look for actual jobs instead of PhDs.

Question: What was the competition for your job like?