Bringing my charisma, smelling nice, always going back and forth with the interviewers, going into very lengthy depth about different strategies for solving the challenges they mention, talking about trade-offs, allowing input from them, enthusiasm, getting to solve multiple problems effiiently during the code jams, etc... THEY DON'T WORK. Stop saying that. @Asana did this to me again today. I assume it's time to throw in the towel on SWE jobs. Only the well-connected can make it at this point. Not even US Citizens can make it if they're not from the specific places these companies and hiring managers are looking for. And please don't mention something like "just try harder". I'm not going to keep throwing myself into a concrete wall. That's suicidal. If I want to do that, I'll find better ways soon.
Idk wtf you're talking about. I have 0 connections and do great in interviews. You only need connections if you want high level management or executive roles
@wiskers 0 connections? You wanna check your LinkedIn. I’m sure you got your job mostly because of your skill but don’t think for a sec that sharing a similar professional network didn’t help. You might not be “well connected” but don’t take your professional presence for granted that’s a little unfair to people that are truly starting from the bottom
I have known 0 people at the companies that I've ever interviewed at
Just identify as something other than a cis white-or-asian male.
Already am. That's probably why I'm being turned down.
If you're not getting anywhere even with intersectional bonus points you must not be trying very hard. What's your leetcode score? Got a gitlab/GitHub? Did you get a degree? None of those are required but having none means you aren't trying.
Demand is super high. You probably just didn't hit the right set of notes, even if you hit other notes. So ask them what they are looking for up front. The hard part is knowing what each person wants to see.
Thanks for the input. Sometimes I do that. Usually they say the usual stuff. "You know... good coding knowledge".
At that point stop the interview, talk to recruiter, ask for a better team to interview with.
I'm pretty sure you are wrong. I never failed any interview, ever, and I'm from no name college and mid tier grad school with zero connection in the industry. I didn't even know about leetcode. I'm generally enthusiastic about problem solving and like to have conversations, and so far my interviewers always liked that.
Well the time has changed, my friend. Pray tell, how long has it been since you were liked by your interviewers? When was the last time someone even wanted to partake in conversation? In years of old, having conversations about the topic and realistic use-cases were lovely. Now it's something to spit at.
Last interview was 11 months back. All I'm saying is don't lose hope. Having positivity is always going to help you present the best side of yourself when you meet a random stranger in interviews.
You just had wrong timing and competition is high.
I already spoke about the timing issue. Come on. The time was a while ago. There will never be a chance to work under great managers and under people who co-author libraries. The people in these Tier I, II, III, and IV companies have already made it in. The gates are closed. Special entry only allowed for those who work at the other castles.
When you start off your interview accomplishments with: “Bringing my charisma, smelling nice, always going back and forth with the interviewers”, then my guess is you’re getting the interview problems wrong.
You're correct op - there is more bias than objective fact in most interview processes
I agree that companies aren’t meritocratic
I’ll give you serious advice which I don’t normally do lol. Take a practice interview with one of the services designed to help you practice and get their unvarnished feedback. Maybe there’s something going on that’s fixable
Did interviewing.io and got many 👍🏼's in a row. Did Pramp too. Read and took notes on some of the other things they recommended. Now people ask me to turn on the camera or I step in for on-site, they laugh and cut me off often.
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Well connected?
Like no wires cut or misplaced
So not like a Tesla