Job Application (Effort) Calculator

• Probability: one in chance of acceptance
• Applying to places

Q1. How likely to be accepted by any place?

Your probability is 0% that any firm would decide to hire you.

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Q2. How many applications to file to guarantee …% chance of acceptance anywhere?

Confidence	Apps
≥ 50%	or more
≥ 95%	or more
≥ 99%	or more

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Q3. My odds should be at least 1 in … to be working under … applications?

Your odds should be at least 1 in …

		# applications
		10	25	50	100	300
Confidence	50%
	95%
	99%

(This one is pre-calculated)

For example: If you want a job under 25 applications with a 95% confidence, you need to be good enough so that 1 of every applications would lead to acceptance.