OK. I’m a little concerned. I’m a software engineer at a big 4 bank with 8 years of experience. I’ve had like 16 interviews in the last 6 months and got rejected every time. Therefore, I resolved to try to make my current job work and grow there and have been there 1 year as a contractor and 1.5 as a FT. At this point, I’ve given up looking for a while and am now concerned that if I eventually get terminated, I won’t be able to find another job. What are likely possibilities for my situation.

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What stage of the interview process do you get rejected at usually? Early on, near the end? Technical interviews? Leadership interviews?

I'd try and see if there is a pattern, evaluate myself honestly, and see what are the gaps I need to address.

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It depends, really. I killed the technical interview at DraftKings only to fail the cultural interview. There were tons of Fintech start ups where I did well in behavior interviews but the technical guy said I was no good. At Bread financial, I did well in the coding round, only to fail on the system design. At another tech start up, I failed the initial round due to the typical ADHD stuff that a lot of other young men have. At this point, it would be great if I could make it the old fashioned way and get Lead (half the people on my team are leads and the Lead position pays enough to be the sole breadwinner of an upper middle class family in the suburbs , though it’s quite modest compared to other tech and business salaries) and maybe into middle management at Wells, or eventually solve my problems with REAL tech guys not being impressed, but it would be great to know what some other possibilities might be. I have even applied to go back to grad school in Boulder but it was a half assed application where I have no real ways of getting back to. Maybe next year I will do a more seriously, especially if the current run on the market starts to have teeth. At the end of the day, I just don’t want this to be it or it to already be my “peak”.

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It can be discouraging. Sounds like you need to get your head straight.

Keep pushing forward, you never know when the right job is coming

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This is probably the best idea that I have heard so far. Work hard, make people know you exist, and let things come organically.

I've been in similar situations. Obviously your experience is enough to get you recognized and into the interview rounds. In addition to evaluating yourself based on your memory of the interviews, I'd definitely suggest asking interviewers and recruiters for feedback.

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That’s what I normally try to do. Unfortunately, people are afraid of doing it for legal reasons. Especially at DraftKings. They refused to hire me because they said I talk too much. Does that sound like a EEOC thing discriminate against people with ADHD?

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