I had the same experience. I've bombed a lot of CS interviews - a lot more than I've done well on, hah! I'm a couple classes away from a Master's in CS and wo

I had the same experience. I've bombed a lot of CS interviews - a lot more than I've done well on, hah! I'm a couple classes away from a Master's in CS and would still have to study my butt off to be successful in a whiteboard interview. The first few rejections hurt a little, but once I started taking the interviews for what they were it all became a big joke to me. And the recruiter process may be even worse than the interviews. At this point I'm of the opinion that I'm not gonna waste one more minute on Leetcode or any "kata" a recruiter sends me. I've got much better things to do with my time. My current position was basically just a conversation for an hour. Best interview ever... Went in thinking I was gonna have to do the whiteboard thing and they never asked me one question about any kind of algorithm. Been on the team several years now and it's the best position I've ever had. I'd probably need something like a 50 to 75% salary bump to consider leaving, and I would flat out refuse any whiteboard interviews. I always count myself blessed that I'm in the position where I can be selective. If I was desperate, I'd have to compete for them like everyone else.