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> even when companies thought I was technically excellent and a good cultural fit, they rejected in favor of candidates with closer matching professional experi
by weiming 7y ago
> even when companies thought I was technically excellent and a good cultural fit, they rejected in favor of candidates with closer matching professional experience
This sounds like companies giving less than honest feedback. We would never pass up on a technically strong candidate, regardless of their background.
I'd brush up on algo/data structures and give it another try.
- cowile2 7y agoI have thought of that possibility, but find two things strange about it. 1. Half a dozen companies being dishonest in exactly the same way is tough to believe. It's too much coincidence. I don't see a reason for dishonesty in that area. Technically insufficient solutions should be easy to explain as a rejection reason. 2. Having attended the interviews in question, I rarely choked on that kind of question and earned plenty of praise from interviewers with little assistance. I'm not long out of school and typically have a knack for those kinds of problems. While I can't see how strict the standards are and what the other candidates are like, I'm not seeing the negative feedback that indicates improvement needed.