1) Are you discussing in the interview that you HATE your current job? That is likely somewhere between a 'yellow' and a big red alert, depending on how you de

1) Are you discussing in the interview that you HATE your current job? That is likely somewhere between a 'yellow' and a big red alert, depending on how you describe it and what prior beliefs the interviewer has about your company/industry. Let's say you interview pretty well overall, and the interviewer guesses that there's a 80% chance that your previous company is really that bad, but a 20% chance that you are the toxic personality. In general, a smaller company filling one of its few leadership roles will have less stomach for risk, so any real or perceived warning signs can be grounds for rejection. Even more so if they are small and not growing very quickly. 2) 7 interviews without an offer doesn't mean you are damaged goods, but you didn't mention any feedback or learnings from those 7 interviews. Its ok to ask how you did at the end of an interview. Even without that, what are they telling you without telling you? * Statement questions like "so it sounds like you don't have direct experience with X?" or "is there a reason why you didn't do Y?" * Enthusiasm/body language changes during the interview - whats the topic when they occur? * Leadership questions like "that does sound like a problem, what did you do to address that?" * Do you feel like you are doing well with some interviewers but not others? peers, senior leadership, engineers, direct reports... they are grading different things