As an interviewer, my job is to differentiate between people who have experience vs people who have just read books and articles. I interview mostly L6+, so I w

As an interviewer, my job is to differentiate between people who have experience vs people who have just read books and articles. I interview mostly L6+, so I will not recommend people who I don't believe have real experience building complex systems at scale. I think it only takes an hour or so to become familiar with the structure. I can tell during the interview if that's the problem and I will be very patient in explaining what I'm looking for in that sense.