Extremely frustrated with the job search process

Hi all, I’m an Indian immigrant in the USA about to complete my PhD that I started 6 years ago. I’ve been in the job market for the past 7 months and probably would’ve applied for 70-80 roles and got 2 interviews.

Background: My PhD is in batteries, which I think is a lucrative area to be in USA currently. My PhD advisor is an absolute a-hole, and over the past 6 years I’ve worked my ass off hoping to graduate earlier (I’ve worked on 7-8 projects and have a total of 33 publications, not counting the ones I’ve co-authored in).

I’m currently interviewing for a company (cleared 2 rounds, i’m hoping to get selected for the final one) and today morning I told my advisor that I’ll be graduating a month from now. He immediately starts to delay my graduation by saying you can’t graduate mid semester, ask the company to wait till December, etc. I explained the job market to him and said companies don’t wait around for people anymore, they look for immediate hires, and I would have to graduate early if I get a job. I was on the verge of tears as I explained to him and he says “get a job offer first, then we’ll talk” in addition to giving me more work that I need to complete.

The current company I’m interviewing with takes long to respond. I had one round with them 4 days ago and they said HR will get back to you, haven’t heard anything from them until now, which is making me anxious.

To add to all this, my girlfriend with whom I’m currently living, is going to India for a 6 month hiatus. Her name is on the lease and that just makes my living situation complicated, I might have to move or bear the living expenses on my own. She has agreed to help me out by covering half the rent for a few months. I love her a lot and don’t see her mistake in this issue, it’s just that it adds to my overall stress of getting a job and getting the fck out of this place.

If I don’t make it in the current company that I’m interviewing with, I don’t know when I’ll get a job. Since the past 3-4 days I’ve been extremely stressed, anxious, and low. All the hard work i put in for this 6 yr degree which is supposed to make me highly qualified isn’t getting me anything.

I graduated from my bachelors in india 6 yrs ago and my parents advised me to skip masters and directly go for a phd coz it saves the tuition fee. I was great at acads and had a GRE score of 331. They told me, you’ll finish phd in 4 yrs, get much better salary than masters students. My classmates from college who did do masters all are employed in big companies now and living a good life… it just seems i did all this work for nothing only to reach a dead end.

TL; DR: at the end of phd of 6 yrs, still can’t find a job, in a complicated living situation. Not what I imagined job search phase for a phd to be. Feeling stressed, anxious and uncertain about the future.