Some reply and I get interviewed. In most of the cases, I do very well in their technical interview. Then they would say, we are looking for a senior software engineer.
In two interviews last week, I was cut in the middle of the interview and it was ended once they discovered I'm not a senior engineer. One of them, supposedly saw my resume before hand and I did great in their online exam.
I have some projects yes, but not big enough for them.
In only one job, the requirement was an exceptional algorithmist. I'm not exceptional, but I applied anyways.
They sent me three problems. I solved two and sent them some thoughts about the third one, which was very difficult. I found several papers related. It was a publication level algorithm. Even my algorithms professor spend a day on it before giving up. I think I have some thoughts about a solution, but I needs more time than I can afford at this stage. Still waiting for their reply though.