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whoshiring57392on Ask HN: What to do when you're out of money and can't find a job?

I am guilty of this, I usually talk about my time as an entrepreneur negatively because, to be frank, I'm ashamed of my failure. Thanks for the insight, it's helpful and I should have thought more about this earlier.

whoshiring57392on Ask HN: What to do when you're out of money and can't find a job?

The mock interview idea is good, that's not something I've tried. Thanks!

whoshiring57392on Ask HN: What to do when you're out of money and can't find a job?

Of those 100 interviews I'd estimate:

- ~70% never go past the recruiter screen

- ~20% rejection after the technical screen (i.e., leetcoding)

- ~10% after a full round of interviews

Presumably I do or say something in interviews that is working against me. I also think that my background gives people the expectation that I should be able to reach a very high bar, and perhaps I set their expectations much higher than I can actually achieve (at least in interviews). Given my real-life interactions, I can confidently say I'm a fairly gregarious and affable person, so I doubt it's my personality that's the issue. But who knows, perhaps my ego is the problem.