Corporate Culture and Career Advancement
14 min
Why the Best Engineers Fail Interviews While Mediocre Ones Get Offers
A senior with 10 years of experience, who handled production at 3 AM, resolved incidents, and built architecture for millions of users, did not pass the interview. A junior, who crammed answers for a week and draws beautifully on the board, received an offer. In six months, the junior will be quietly let go for being unable to complete a single task without micromanagement.