Realised Most Students Are Failing Interviews For the Same Reasons
For the last week, I have been spending a lot of time on reddit reading career posts from students, laid off engineers, freshers and people trying to switch jobs.
And honestly , after reading so many posts, one thing hit me:
Most people are not failing because they are not good at coding.
Some people had solved 100's of LeetCode questions.
Some had good projects.
Some even had 3-5 years of experience.
But still they felt stuck, underprepared, anxious or completely lost.
The common pattern I noticed was :
People are preparing a lot but they are preparing blindly.
They didn't know :
- where they are weak
- why they kept failing interviews
- whether their problem was DSA, communication, confidence , optimisation or simply burnout.
And comparison made it more worse.
Every day people see:
- Got FAANG offer
- 6L-10L package
- knight on leetCode
Meanwhile they are silently struggling with layoffs, inconsistency, family pressure, burnout and self doubt.
Honestly, I think interview preparation has become more psychological than technical now.
The people improving consistently are usually not the smartest ones.
They are the ones who prepare with structure, track their mistakes , and stay consistent without comparing themselves every day.
Curious to know if others here also feel the same.