Question in the title. Especially curious to hear from anyone who has job hunted recently.
I haven’t been rejected for any job that I reach final stages with yet. But that was when the hiring market was good. Recently, I began job hunting in today’s market, and made it to final and semi final rounds for 4 jobs. This is the first time I’m interviewing while still employed, and I have had a high rate of callbacks per application. Due to this, I decided to approach these interviews differently to help balance full-time work with interviewing to avoid burn out, however, this approach may lead to rejections. I’m still practicing before interviews, but I’m communicating how I naturally would as an engineer, not presenting a different, more marketable personality that isn’t mine during interviews. Naturally I am not a terrible communicator, I just want to let my work speak for itself. No major polishing, I don’t have time for it. I expect some rejections, may need to rethink my approach, but I’m still confident. I am a mid-level software engineer with 5+ years experience.