I wasn't laid off, but am unemployed. I've found it very difficult to land any interviews, or even get a response from companies. Even what I thought were safe bets (like a job at a bank, writing CRUD apps) do not respond.
I've only had one interview this year. It was with a FAANG. I easily passed and got an offer, but then layoffs were announced and they had to revoke.
Looking at GP's profile, lots of NES programming and general gaming work. I can totally see how HR in banks would prefer somebody with 10 years of Java or C# experience, familiar with {Vendor}SQL and an employment history in a related banking/finance sector (and screen out everyone else).
At least FAANG don't really care about those things. On the other hand if you know your way around assembly on esoteric hardware, the stereotypical FAANG whiteboarding questions like "reverse a linked list" shouldn't be a problem.
I've only had one interview this year. It was with a FAANG. I easily passed and got an offer, but then layoffs were announced and they had to revoke.