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Similarly I'm 8 for 10 and have been working for nearly 20 years. So I get a score of 80.

If I had an 80% success rate, but was 18 for 20 I'd score 117. To get that, I'd need to be changing jobs every single year.

The score is not only totally made up but pointless and adds nothing to the rest of the article. It's just there to suck you into the article.

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If you had an 80% success rate but were 18 for 20 you'd be some sort of wizard. :))

Anyway, I think the author is assuming that each time you apply, you're applying for multiple jobs, getting multiple offers, and turning down all but the best one. I was a little surprised that my score was so low, too, given that (as a junior) I've only had 2 on-site interviews but have received 4 offers, which gives me a score of 60. Meanwhile, interviewing for 100 jobs and getting 60 offers gets you a score of 120.

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