First of all, sending you lots of positivity. ✨ I can relate to how you're feeling to a great extent.
Since graduating last year, I started looking for my first full-time job and applying for DevRel roles. It took me almost 3 months to get my first offer (which I had to decline with a heavy heart because it didn't align well with my expectations unfortunately) and 6 months to land my first job!
In the course of those 6 months I got several rejections, most of which I received after the last round of interviews. It would break me after each rejection and getting back up to apply to a new position would take everything in me. It was exhausting me mentally but I decided to not give up.
Here are a few things that helped me and I hope you can find this helpful too:
Allow yourself some time to recharge and gather feedback after a long and tiring round of interviews. It became increasingly important to me to take much needed breaks after rejections.
Learn from the previous interviews. There is always a flip side to everything and trying to draw useful insights from hiring decisions can significantly improve your performance in the next one.
Ask for feedback after rejections. Ask them for areas of improvements you could work on. Personal development is something we need to be highly invested in as developers.
Don't take it too personally. Sometimes it's not about your abilities or how good of a developer you are. From my experience, I've realised that external factors like location, relocation budget, etc can be a reason for the rejection.
Strike a balance between the number of applications and the quality of your applications.
And last but not the least, don't be too hard on yourself. Focus on learning, embrace your journey, and keep giving your best! Your commitment will definitely yield results and you'll be glad you didn't give up. :)
For tips on preparing for interviews, you should check out Candidate Planet on YouTube by Lusen Mendel. Their advice was super helpful to me and I'm sure it will help you too!
Hey Lloyd!
First of all, sending you lots of positivity. ✨ I can relate to how you're feeling to a great extent.
Since graduating last year, I started looking for my first full-time job and applying for DevRel roles. It took me almost 3 months to get my first offer (which I had to decline with a heavy heart because it didn't align well with my expectations unfortunately) and 6 months to land my first job!
In the course of those 6 months I got several rejections, most of which I received after the last round of interviews. It would break me after each rejection and getting back up to apply to a new position would take everything in me. It was exhausting me mentally but I decided to not give up.
Here are a few things that helped me and I hope you can find this helpful too:
And last but not the least, don't be too hard on yourself. Focus on learning, embrace your journey, and keep giving your best! Your commitment will definitely yield results and you'll be glad you didn't give up. :)
For tips on preparing for interviews, you should check out Candidate Planet on YouTube by Lusen Mendel. Their advice was super helpful to me and I'm sure it will help you too!
All the best! 💜
Thanks for the advice Vishwa :)
Feel free to reach out to me, my DMs on Twitter are open. Happy to help in any way I can! :)