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by cakes
I got an email on Friday from a recruiter to wrap up my interview process and find out whether or not I got the job. They ask when is a good time to call to go over the feedback and give me the final decision. To me, this sounded like it was going to be a rejection. I write back 5 minutes after receiving it and say I'm available anytime that day. I get an automated message back from his email saying he's going to be on leave for a month. The next day, he wrote me back and he had an emergency, but he wanted to call me that afternoon. I said, sure I'm around. I spent all day waiting, no call. Finally, on Monday morning, I write back and tell him since he's now on leave, I'll reach out to the contact he left. He replies and says he'll call me in a bit. I waited all day to get a call at 5pm. He starts by saying he's got bad news, but I didn't get the job, so no surprise. But, I'll hand it to him, he asked me if I wanted the raw details or just keep it simple, so I said just give it to me strait. I appreciated that he didn't ghost me or send me a rejection letter, but it was crazy to go through this for three days to be told that I didn't get a job. Anyway, the feedback was essentially that I would be a great fit and everyone liked me, but that it seemed I was a little too lopsided on the frontend. Now, this was for a frontend heavy role, which honestly, I was willing to take on because the job would have been good in the long-term, but I would prefer something full-stack. The interview part that focused on backend was, in the beginning of the interview, admitted to me by the interviewer that he hadn't really prepared the right kind of tech interview for me, so he wanted to wing it. I thought we did alright, it wasn't that deep and we didn't have more than 30 minutes to do it.
I was told that even though its a frontend heavy role, the level is pretty senior so they expected more of me. Ok, I get it. Generally, I feel that personality can really get you far, but this kind of company has some pretty high standards, so every ounce counts. This is the story of my career, aim high, get rejected because I don't have the exact experience, find a job at a smaller place where everyone is cool and chill. It hurts every time regardless. So, I feel I lost a job on a technicality. It kind of stings, but whatever I don't really want to dwell on it, I just need to get this off my chest.
I've got a final interview this week for a full stack role. I'm getting the feeling that I will get an offer, this last interview was explained to me that it's a formality before getting an offer. I've made it clear to every company that I've been interviewing with that I want to pivot into full stack, so it's not like I'm not honest about where my skills lie. I even did a better job on their technicals, which were a little more challenging, to be honest. I just want to get this all over with. The thought of having to start over makes my stomach turn.