I don't think there's anything wrong with practicing interviewing. It can be a good exercise to do some self-reflection and, depending on the type of interview

I don't think there's anything wrong with practicing interviewing. It can be a good exercise to do some self-reflection and, depending on the type of interview being practiced, can sometimes help prepare for real-world situations/challenges in a 'safe' environment. Where I do think you're spot on is that you shouldn't focus all of your time practicing one specific type of interview or practicing for interviews at one specific company. FAANG is a good example. I've seen far too many people get enraptured with the "dream" of working at a FAANG, devoting all of their time to practicing FAANG-style interviews, making their whole life about it, and then either not getting the job or they do get the job but they quickly have their illusion shattered that FAANG isn't heaven and they wasted all that time preparing/fantasizing over something that isn't true. It's Paris Syndrome [0] but for jobs. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome