This is great, and something I think a lot of the tech community at large tends to forget. Being technically proficient is the bare minimum, not the only desir

This is great, and something I think a lot of the tech community at large tends to forget. Being technically proficient is the bare minimum, not the only desired quality. People forget that interviewing is part knowledge/skill screen, and part first date. You have to know your stuff, of course, but you also have to be someone that others want to be around. This is not to say that OP lacks these skills, but there is so much focus in tech community around passing technical questions and almost 0 focus on normal interview skills. The soft/personal skills side of interview is more art than science. My recommendation is to practice the social side as much as possible. Interview for non-tech positions, hire an interview coach, or otherwise exercise soft social skills as much as possible. Also remember that at the end of the day, you are being judged against all the other candidates and each hiring manager has a hidden set biases that you will never know about. Even if you crush the interview, there's still a chance they just might not like you.