Applied for Meta through a referral in 2023. Got ghosted. Which is weird because recruiters reached out for both Meta and Google in 2021 and I passed their int

Applied for Meta through a referral in 2023. Got ghosted. Which is weird because recruiters reached out for both Meta and Google in 2021 and I passed their interview then. I took a job at a startup instead. Not sure if good or bad decision since both Meta and Google had mass layoffs. So even if you cleared 2021 bar, 2023 results in being ghosted. It’s a pretty absurd market. Unless you’re one of the few ML/AI scientists, it’s pretty rough out there.