If you can, take some time off and do something for yourself. I got way too caught up in the grind, was spending every spare moment on leetcode and algorithms,

If you can, take some time off and do something for yourself. I got way too caught up in the grind, was spending every spare moment on leetcode and algorithms, and all I felt was a gnawing desperation to succeed and get an offer. I took time off and refocused on what was important to me. I started hiking and biking and doing things that interested me. I stopped leetcoding at all. When I next interviewed a couple of months later, I didn’t even study and I didn’t need to, I came across as confident, and I got 2 offers right away. Fortunately I had a job at the time so I was able to go back to business as usual without it affecting my finances, but being in that situation without a job terrifies me.