I'm interested in hearing the answer too. I've never had an "formal" interview and I wish to apply for jobs soon, but I find the interview stage intimidating e

I'm interested in hearing the answer too. I've never had an "formal" interview and I wish to apply for jobs soon, but I find the interview stage intimidating enough that it's pushing me to just work on my own stuff and try to make a liveable wage off them. I also have no formal CS background (i.e. no degree), and I'm based somewhere in Asia where formal educational certificates matter a lot more than people would admit. These two factors are seriously making me reconsider ever applying for a dev/engineering role, even though I'm sure I have the skills and necessary experience to excel. (edit: removed my specific location)