I apply mainly to mid-level positions. Probably about 70% of the positions I apply to are mid-level or nondescript, about 10% senior-level, and about 20% junior-level.

> A single interview faux pas can remove you from consideration.

That's terrible. When you’re on the job, people can judge you all they want but it’s gonna take many minor bad judgements (or a few serious ones) to pile up to make them cut ties and fire you.

In an interview, way too many things have to go right. That's not a microcosm of a typical job at all. With regards to professional faux pas, I prefer to follow this: if one mistake is not worth firing someone from their job, it's also not worth rejecting someone for a job.

Perhaps I can look into jobs where interviewing skills are not strictly required? I count every real interview I go to as practice, and after practicing with dozens of phone interviews, and about 10 on-sites, it's no longer clicking for me.

So there's gotta be another way, I think.