My stomach hurts, my country’s dictator is going to destroy the world, and I have to go to work. Capitalism marches along.
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My stomach hurts, my country’s dictator is going to destroy the world, and I have to go to work. Capitalism marches along.
This post is for casual conversation if you don’t feel like making a post of your own.
I have been been actively interviewing for software engineering leadership roles. A few years ago, the process would have involved submitting a resume, maybe a technical round, a chat with the CTO, and a vibe-check with another employee. It has now become a gauntlet of 5+ STAR format behavioral rounds, presentations, take home tests, systems design whiteboard sessions, and the beloved technical review where you share your screen and someone watches you fumble through some stupid leetcode challenge.
I have been finding it difficult to control my anxiety as I progress through each round of interviews. The steaks are higher after each round to make it to the next.
It sucks getting rejected after round 3-4+ rounds. Sometimes I won’t hear back at all, other times I might get the canned rejection email from the ATS. I take feedback and criticism very personally, which makes personalized rejections even more painful.
I wish I didn’t love software engineering so much. I wish I had another skill to fall back to that made as much money.
How do you all deal with the social, executive, and operational rigors of finding jobs and interviewing?