I was reading this and hoping for a better ending. Exceptional story and the thing is not about the hiring process in FAANG. What's important the most, from my perspective, is how bad can it get. You failed twice, been rejected multiple times and when you land a job you can't handle the unfairness of the process. This is maybe real life for a lot of founders. Being the victim of your own ambition and then the people who hold the key lock the door because they worship the process itself instead of the outcome. The irony and the nihilism.