I have had to interview for jobs, but the four jobs I have interviewed for since 2000 were all in response to requests to join companies, either from friends, or (once) from an internal HR employee (and to this day, I have never found out who gave him my name).

So the interviews were more about finding out if I would fit within the team than hard technical interviews. People knew me, and knew what skills I brought to the table.

Your network matters. And if you think it doesn't, stop, think again. Your network matters.

One final note. I have interviewed people. Never oversell yourself on your resume. Don't put down that you are an 'expert' at this or an 'expert' at that, unless you really are. Because you just may end up being interviewed by someone that is. And nobody, absolutely nobody, is an expert at fifteen different unrelated things. Don't do that. I have been doing this for 38 years, and I am pretty good at about five things. And those five things that I am good at have changed on a regular basis since the day I started.