It's varied. I've filled out dozens of applications and even requested to see the manager and never gotten any response, and then I've applied for a job for two places in one day and got both of them. What made the difference is that the time I got both of them, I really, truly wanted a job, and I reached out for it with my energy. All the other times, I wasn't really interested, I just believed I had no better choice. Another thing that got me a job once was that I called the place once a week every week after I applied, asking them if they had any openings. One week somebody had just quit, so she hired me.