> I suspect companies don't want you to reapply, regardless of whether you've improved. They already said no. One small anecdotal counterpoint: I interviewed a

> I suspect companies don't want you to reapply, regardless of whether you've improved. They already said no. One small anecdotal counterpoint: I interviewed at Google many years back and didn't get an offer. They were nice enough to call and let me know, which I very much appreciated. Since then I've been getting hit up by their recruiters on a regular schedule, every 6-12 months. At some point I was short on patience and straight up said "you guys know I already interviewed with you back in 20XX, right?" Their response was "Well yeah, but so what? That was a while ago."