I have had three jobs so far, and I applied for none of them. It was just people reaching out to me via mail, or LinkedIn DM. I would be asked to take intervi

I have had three jobs so far, and I applied for none of them. It was just people reaching out to me via mail, or LinkedIn DM. I would be asked to take interview rounds. After those interview rounds, I would just receive the contract PDF via email. I would then start on a stipulated date. I of course failed one on the 4th rounds (of 5 total). One other job, I had done everything good, but they ghosted me anyway. There was one Engineering Manager reaching out to me from FAANG, which I did not take up, because I had multiple different things going on, and studying for FAANG interview takes time- no matter who you are. So, I said that I would be in touch after some of those things were over. But, then came the big layoffs... Then I reached out and they let me know that their team wasn’t hiring anymore, and encouraged me to apply to somewhere else. Which I was not again interested at that point. I regret that the most.