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If you're a former tech lead with 10 years of experience, and struggling to get a job then you're doing something wrong. Have a friend / former colleague who k
by sjducb 4y ago
If you're a former tech lead with 10 years of experience, and struggling to get a job then you're doing something wrong.
Have a friend / former colleague who knows you and the industry. Get them to look at your CV and do a mock interview. Then listen to their advice.
You are probably making a basic mistake like badmouthing former employers / being bad at leetcode / not having good reasons for gaps / unreasonable requirements ...
Increasing resilliance will just make you keep failing. You need to fix the problem that has caused you to fail 40 interviews despite 10 years of experience.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoIt's very common to fail interviews these days, you make it sound rare. Employers are looking for any possible reason to say no, and many have unreasonable expectations. Often choosing based on who memorized the most random facts (from an unbounded set) asked today. Your third paragraph is good probably on target however.
- sjducb 4y ago40 failed interviews in a row, with 10 years of experience is rare. If he had failed 5 interviews then I would just tell him to keep going. After 40 failures in tech he needs to stop and work out what he's doing wrong.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoBeen there. Other things you can’t change, or are very hard. Getting old, or choosing the wrong degree.
- hiyer 4y agoI don't think they've interviewed at 40 different companies. For someone with 10+ years experience, most companies do at least 5-8 rounds these days. So I'd expect the number of companies they've interviewed at - and unfortunately been rejected at - to be in the single digits. That's not unusual at all.