India, Feb. 22 -- A man claimed on Reddit that he finally got a job paying $10,000 less than his previous job after 8 months of job hunting. Sharing his experience, the man said he sent 1,764 applications and sat for 53 interviews before he finally got the job.

"I kept asking myself - What's wrong with me? At a certain number of rejections after reaching the final round of interviews, it's fairly normal to start looking inward," he said.

He went on to explain that he believes he was fired from his previous job as his boss was jealous of him. "Four weeks before my layoff, I had a performance review, which I scored exceptionally on. Two weeks later, the CEO told me I had a home here as long as I wanted to stay. I now know it was jealousy ...