As a fifth-year PhD student who is graduating soon this year in 2025, I still haven't received any satisfactory job offers. My research interests are in the fields of multi-modal understanding/multimedia but the publications are not among the top tiers (NIPS + ICLR) so there is no way that I can find a job in academia. And my second plan is to find a position as research scientist in large corporations or startups. After several rounds of job finding and a few round of interviews, I found out that the competition is so fierce this year and there are hundreds of applicants aiming at OpenAI, Google Research, FAIR, etc. And I also interviewed with Salesforce, Amazon, etc. But all I got are negative feedback. What can I do and how to help ease my anxiety?