I think quality begets quality, too. I once had a phone screen interview with Backtype before they were bought by Twitter. I was (and perhaps still am) extremel

I think quality begets quality, too. I once had a phone screen interview with Backtype before they were bought by Twitter. I was (and perhaps still am) extremely unqualified for the role, but the interview process was interesting and enjoyable. At the end, after doing a small at-home project for them, they turned me down. To thank me for their time, they gave me a 25$ Amazon gift card, which is still the best rejection gift I've received to this date. I worked for Amazon at the time, and you basically get $100 in Amazon credit per year even as a full-time employee, so the irony of getting a quarter of that for failing an interview was not lost on me.