I can't comment much on the SF hiring process, because I've never went through one of them. What I can say is that interviewing for tech positions are difficult - it is unfortunate, but true.
My advice would be to consider the company that you're applying for - is it a top company with the top talent across the world? If you are applying to Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and/or Microsoft, you have fierce competition! You can take a look at hackerrank.com, try a hard problem, and determine pretty easily if you're ready for that competition or not.
If possible, if apply for a smaller company, take time to learn about them, practice your interview skills, have your portfolio ready, and show them that even without experience you can do the job they need help doing. In many places, you are a sought out resource!
Interviews are tough because there are different people asking questions, each with their own biases, ideas of the job, and standard they are looking for. Dunning Kruger can definitely cause them to overlook knowledge that should be known vs deep knowledge depending on experience level. There is a notion of forgetting what it's like to be outside of the tech or company looking in for someone who has been inside for a long time. My mentor always told us, if you don't get the job, it doesn't always mean you aren't good enough, it might just mean that job wasn't for you - meaning you might not have fit in and hated it anyways.
If you have any questions about preparing for an interview or anything like that I am definitely open to helping answer any of them!
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I can't comment much on the SF hiring process, because I've never went through one of them. What I can say is that interviewing for tech positions are difficult - it is unfortunate, but true.
My advice would be to consider the company that you're applying for - is it a top company with the top talent across the world? If you are applying to Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and/or Microsoft, you have fierce competition! You can take a look at hackerrank.com, try a hard problem, and determine pretty easily if you're ready for that competition or not.
If possible, if apply for a smaller company, take time to learn about them, practice your interview skills, have your portfolio ready, and show them that even without experience you can do the job they need help doing. In many places, you are a sought out resource!
Interviews are tough because there are different people asking questions, each with their own biases, ideas of the job, and standard they are looking for. Dunning Kruger can definitely cause them to overlook knowledge that should be known vs deep knowledge depending on experience level. There is a notion of forgetting what it's like to be outside of the tech or company looking in for someone who has been inside for a long time. My mentor always told us, if you don't get the job, it doesn't always mean you aren't good enough, it might just mean that job wasn't for you - meaning you might not have fit in and hated it anyways.
If you have any questions about preparing for an interview or anything like that I am definitely open to helping answer any of them!