I lose about 20 points of IQ in a technical interview. It's nerve racking (I wear black shirts to hide the sweat) and it cost me a job working for a well known

I lose about 20 points of IQ in a technical interview. It's nerve racking (I wear black shirts to hide the sweat) and it cost me a job working for a well known VR company. I passed the 'practical', which was a 2 hour coding test to generate a working game application, but the tech interview probably did me in. I've been programming games for almost 20 years, and as far as I know I'm one of the few who has done lead/senior level work on games that were both #1 and #2 simultaneous chart-topppers, but I still couldn't get the job. Their loss I guess, but it still sucks, as I was really enthused about what they were doing and could contribute significantly. I was about 10 years older than their typical engineer however, so maybe ageism played a part. I'll never know. I just wish companies would look at my past body of work, see that I'm friendly and un-abrasive, and bring me aboard.