I applied to hundreds of jobs. By now it's maybe even over a thousand. Most of the time it's either no response or "we decided to move further with a candidate which is more aligned...". And later I see the same job posting emerge again.
The ones I got through were extremely random. Some rejected me because of money, some just ghosted me after the code challenge. But they have one thing in common - the competition is insane. With the hungry crowd on the market, the companies can pick the best of the best. At one place I got rejected at the final round, they had two screening rounds: code assignments. They told me, that both of these challenges were cleared only by 15% of total applicants. So I imagine it's not easy to get through 15% -> 15%, and then you have a set of the top candidates and you can pick the toppest.
The current situation on the market is extremely demotivating.
The ones I got through were extremely random. Some rejected me because of money, some just ghosted me after the code challenge. But they have one thing in common - the competition is insane. With the hungry crowd on the market, the companies can pick the best of the best. At one place I got rejected at the final round, they had two screening rounds: code assignments. They told me, that both of these challenges were cleared only by 15% of total applicants. So I imagine it's not easy to get through 15% -> 15%, and then you have a set of the top candidates and you can pick the toppest.
The current situation on the market is extremely demotivating.