Job Application Tracker: Excel & Google Sheets Template | Job Search Tracker, Interview Prep & Dashboard

Applying to dozens of jobs gets messy fast. Which ones did you follow up on? Who was the recruiter at that company? Is anything you're doing actually working?

Job Search Tracker keeps your whole search in one simple spreadsheet, so you can stop digging through emails and spend your energy on the applications.

What's inside (6 tabs):

• Start Here: a one-page setup guide. You'll be up and running in about 5 minutes.

• Applications: log company, job title, link, date applied, source, pay, remote/hybrid/onsite, status, next step, follow-up date, contact and notes. Dropdown status (Saved, Applied, Assessment, Interview, Offer, Rejected, Ghosted) with color-coding. Follow-up dates turn red when overdue and yellow when due soon. "Days since applied" is calculated for you. 500 rows ready to go.

• Dashboard: updates automatically. Applications sent, responses, interviews, offers, response rate, interview rate, overdue follow-ups, applications per week vs. your goal, results by job source and work type, plus two charts.

• Interview Prep: 15 common interview questions to get you started (including good questions to ask them), with space for your answers and STAR stories (Situation, Task, Action, Result) and a 1–5 confidence score.

• Contacts: recruiters, hiring managers and referrals, with overdue follow-up highlighting.

• Weekly Goals: set a weekly application goal and track your networking. Progress fills in automatically.

Good for: entry-level job seekers, career changers, remote job hunters, and anyone applying to a lot of roles at once.

Details:

• Works in Microsoft Excel (desktop & web) and Google Sheets (upload the file to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets)

• No macros, add-ons or sign-ups. It's just a spreadsheet

• Comes with a few clearly fake example rows so you can see how it works. Delete them in seconds and start fresh

• Instant digital download (1 .xlsx file)

Please note: this is a digital file, so nothing will be mailed to you. It's a tracking tool and can't promise you a job, but it makes staying organized and following up a lot easier. Apple Numbers and LibreOffice will open the file, but the template is designed and tested for Excel and Google Sheets.