Rant - So Discouraged by Job Search Right Now

I am retrenched.

It is my 9th month of job searching, attended a total of 60 interviews (inclusive of 2nd and subsequent rounds) and 5 powerpoint presentations.

The upsetting and discouraging thing about rejections is that it doesn't happen during the application stage or the HR call stage, it's when you are far into the process and then get rejected.

It's even worse if you need to do powerpoints or presentations. You invested time and rest to do the powerpoint, only to get an email in the end that they have went with someone else.

If it's just interviews it wouldn't have mattered so much, because it's just talking. It's a different thing altogether if powerpoints or tests are involved, without knowing if your ideas will be stolen. You can't compromise on quality because your chances of hired will be compromised, but if you share too much, they can go with someone else and take any ideas they think are good.

I wish I don't have to do the powerpoints but I don't have a choice - my role requires them during the interview process, and not doing it means I'll lose out on an opportunity.