I don't really get the question? The company I work for (and many others) hire a bunch of new grads who require a lot of training to become productive. In your

I don't really get the question? The company I work for (and many others) hire a bunch of new grads who require a lot of training to become productive. In your situation, I think you're making a strategic mistake. Don't say "nope, don't know anything about react". Spend a small amount of time to do a basic hello world, say "oh, I've toyed around with it and I'm interested in property X but I haven't used it professionally" and you will put yourself in a better position. The other possibility, honestly, is that you're doing a bad job at interviews and your lack of experience in the relevant technologies is a convenient/polite excuse. That sucks, but there you go