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You should never expect to find out why you didn't get hired somewhere. But the answer is always one of the following: - someone else was a better fit (tech, c
by warrenm 9y ago
You should never expect to find out why you didn't get hired somewhere. But the answer is always one of the following:
- someone else was a better fit (tech, culture, attitude, etc)
- you're actually truly incompetent
- the interviewers are morons
99% of the time, it's that someone else was a better fit.
- modbait 9y agoUnless you're astoundingly good, if companies are interviewing around N candidates for each position, you should expect a hit rate of around 1/N. Doing significantly better pretty much requires all three of those to be simultaneously false.
- warrenm 9y agoIndeed - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16916575 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16916575