Anecdotal but the secret to success from my personal experience is to: 1) Never stop looking around (okay, may be not when you have less than one year tenure in

Anecdotal but the secret to success from my personal experience is to: 1) Never stop looking around (okay, may be not when you have less than one year tenure in the current company) 2) Interview when you really can afford to fail the interview and still not care (for example when things are going well in your current company) 3) Treat it like a collaborative session than a actual interview. 4) Don't reject offers for petty reasons like not agreeing with a companies ethics/tools they use/what work they do. It's work and that is why they pay people to do it. So consider all these factors and ask for a higher package and if you really like to work on something else, aim for good work life balance and use that time to do what you want. 5) Shamelessly sell yourself. The 5 mins intro that you provide in each round in a lot of cases can decide how the rest of the round goes.