Joblympics

After two weeks of solid job-hunting, it seems the process goes like this:

1a) cold call to company (send cover letter, resume, etc.)
1b) cold call from company (want resume, skills, etc.)
1c) cold call from recruiter (want resume, skills, etc.)
2) wait for recruiters or hirers interview
3) wait for technical interview(s)
4) wait for in-person interview/personality interview
5) wait for an offer/rejection
6) barter/negotiate
7) accept or deny the job

So far the tally looks like:

2) Rockstar Games, TomTom (Amsterdam), Backbase (Amsterdam), NBC (L.A.)
3)
4) Amazon.com (Seattle), Digitas, Microsoft (Seattle), Joost, Cantor Gaming (Vegas), Bravo!
5) venture capital group #1, ZocDoc
6)
7) Heritage Web Solutions (Utah - freelance)

Heritage offers work anywhere, but at a fraction of normal rates. Could not live in New York on their earnings, but could do, say, Muncie. The work might be really easy though, so I haven't ruled them out yet.

Joost was ahead of the game, but they dropped the ball. Both Digita and Bravo! want to meet early next week, and I'm flying out to Seattle for Microsoft next week as well! :)

ZocDoc probably could have gone better, but I'm thankful they were the first real interview! I'm not sure either of us is what the other is looking for, but we're both checking each other out from across the room.