Rejection after great phone interview
I am at a loss here. Splunk Interviewer asked one easy Leetcode question. I finished in 10-15 minutes taking care of edge cases and doing a run through. After interview I even tested the code and it ran correctly (after fixing 1 minor bug). Interviewer seemed satisfied enough to move on from the coding question. The rest of the interview I was asked questions which I felt I answered correctly (most general performance engineering questions since thats the role). Got an email today saying they are not moving forward. I have had tougher Leetcode questions with FAANG and at least made it to onsite or know I screwed up right after the interview and how I can improve. I feel defeated and hopeless and I honestly don’t see how I could have done better in the phone interview.
Ask the recruiter for feedback
Asked for it and just got generic response of ‘you did well but we got a better candidate’
Posts like this make me feel better about screwing up an interview :-) I am not the only one. Keep at it By law of averages , given enough Leetcode and interviews , you're bound to get one :-)
It might just not be a fit. (Team, culture, pay, etc)
Similar thing happened with me for another company !! Looks like it happens pretty often with many of them
Maybe they wanted you to solve it even faster
I really doubt it because usually in that case the question is followed by a harder one. In this case, there was no follow-up or a twist added to the problems
Move on, even if you were the perfect candidate sometimes you can get a rejection
Hiring is based on so many factors that trying to find why after rejection is not best use of your time. If you know 1 -2 points which you could have done better, work on it and move on.
OP then not sure whats the benefit of studying leetcode so hard when rejection even after good interview...
Yes 😓
OP, it's not always the interview. Very possible that u absolutely cracked the interview but they potentially had someone already lined up who accepted the offer? Not having an open req to hire you for might also be a reason they chose not to proceed. If u think u did great, then very likely u did, unless they were looking for something very very specific and didnt find you matching that very precise skill. Don't be dejected! Onto the next one!
Why? I was thinking it’s destined for greatness given that they don’t have much competition and machine generated data and interest in analyzing is increasing by day with rise in IoT, ML, AI etc
ITyK26, explain yourself???