Exactly the same situation here; been in the defense space for a while and while it's easy to get another defense job as you already have a clearance (so you're

Exactly the same situation here; been in the defense space for a while and while it's easy to get another defense job as you already have a clearance (so you're a much safer bet) venturing out into the commercial world can be daunting. I once interviewed with Amazon and after flying out and doing the interview I'm told that they liked me but I wasn't a fit for the team and could interview with another team without a delay and they'd even help me figure out the team to interview with. But why would I waste my time again taking days off to fly out and either not pass the interview or interview with the "wrong team" again? When I interviewed at Microsoft it was a pretty positive experience aside from one person and while I certainly wasn't upset about not getting the position I was told they had 100 people interviewing in person for a single position (supposedly almost 1,000 applications). Great odds for Microsoft but for me taking 3 days off work to do it? Great experience but I'm not sure I'd do it again so easily.