Yes. FWIW, I've been in the recent position of not making it past multiple rounds with top tier companies. And of course, it hurts to get rejected. A mentor of

Yes. FWIW, I've been in the recent position of not making it past multiple rounds with top tier companies. And of course, it hurts to get rejected. A mentor of mine essentially said to me it's not personal, think of how much each of those engineers are making and how much it costs to interview you. If you didn't leave a great impression (and I fully admit that I wasn't on my game), it's cheaper to move on. A bad hire is very costly in terms of money/time/energy. At the end of the day, there's other opportunities. Plus, there's nothing that says given more time improving oneself, one can't land the opportunity they were looking for.