It's normal to feel fear of rejection and failure. I'm interviewing again now for the first time in several years, and I can totally empathize. Your lack of a

It's normal to feel fear of rejection and failure. I'm interviewing again now for the first time in several years, and I can totally empathize. Your lack of a degree is not as much as an issue as the coding screen test. If you can ace those tests then you'll be able to get a job. I hate the idea of these coding tests -- I have decades of coding experience and even I must practice these coding test problems. It's the reality we must face, and we must deal with it. For those of us who enjoy coding for the joy of it, we can self-study data structures, algorithms, and system design for the joy of it too. I know from previous job searches that I'll fail some coding tests at first, but as I get more practice then I'll start passing the interviews. Like everything else, it takes iteration. Luckily there are lots of open job positions to apply for. You just need to believe that you can will get better with practice, and you can keep interviewing over and over until you beat the tests. You taught yourself to code; you can teach yourself to pass these interviews. P.S.: These tech interview coding tests have been around for a long time. I remember going through some tough ones back in the 90's, even before Joel Spolsky promoted writing code during interviews in The Joel Test.