u/lurkandprosper

just finished my seventh interview for the same job.

Seventh. Phone screen, hiring manager, panel, a task, culture fit, meet the team, and today a "check-in call to see how I'm feeling about the process."

I am not feeling great about the process.

At some point someone decided seven rounds was normal and I genuinely don't know when that happened. Pretty sure the job doesn't exist at this point.

Has anyone actually got the job after these interviews? I need to know it's possible please.

A few months ago I was in a rut. Not depressed exactly, just kind of stuck. Felt like I wasn't growing or getting better at anything. I was just going to work and coming home.

So I started this dumb little experiment. Every week I'd pick one small skill and just learn the basics. Nothing crazy. Stuff like how to iron a shirt properly, how to do basic car maintenance, how to cook a few meals that aren't pasta, how to sew a button, basic first aid.

None of it took more than a couple hours. Some of it took 20 minutes on YouTube.

it's not even about the skills themselves. It's about how it makes you feel. After a few weeks I started feeling like a more capable person. Like I could handle things lol

What small skills have you guys picked up that had a bigger impact than you expected?