I keep getting rejected by Big 4. I have had, no lie, 9 interviews with Big 4 firms as an Experienced Hire, from internal referrals, in the past 6 months. All with rejections. What's going on here? It seems I do not communicate that my experience is an exact fit for what they're looking for. I don't think my interview skills are bad. But I had interviewed for lower-tier firms and got in. What's going on here? Right now I do compliance, using data, at MUFG.

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It happened with me as well couple of months back when I was on a job search. I gave more than 8 interviews in grown organizations and was rejected by all. Here's what I did- Started reaching out the interviewers on LinkedIn and asked for feedback. 9 out of 11 gave me feedback and main reason was relevant knowledge. Later I started putting more efforts on research and understanding what are the pain points that the guy will expected to solve. And finally got a job in one of the organization I wanted to. If you need more details happy to connect and share. P.S.: I'm based out in India.

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That sounds like a good idea. Thanks! I will reach out!

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I remembered, one of the Big 4 Interviews was in their "Acceleration Center" which I heard is grunt work and extremely low pay, which I got accepted by. So it really doesn't seem like it's my personality that's a turn off, just the experience.

I also given interview and went to final round. They said fine with the performance. But next day they told I was rejected.

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