Most of the Interviews i have been to have been with little to no research on my side. Just started accepting the calls when the recruiters called and then i am in a bunch of Interviews a couple of weeks later.

You cannot stress this one enough. You don’t know how long you will be unemployed. Your nest egg might deplete and then it’s too late to start applying. Do it immediately!

Here in Norway it would be a long way beneath minimum wage. But also a huge amount to be given even once by your boyfriend.