I’ll play a bit of devil’s advocate. It’s a hard pill to swallow because you don’t get feedback from rejections. It doesn’t matter what stage of the interview

I’ll play a bit of devil’s advocate. It’s a hard pill to swallow because you don’t get feedback from rejections. It doesn’t matter what stage of the interview process you reached, companies very very very rarely give feedback when asked. Because of this, those people never get to hear why they aren’t good enough. Instead, it’s all left up to their imagination which creates the scenario you describe.