What is this post about?
I am writing this post just to share how many companies I interviewed, how many I got rejected ? and how many I got selected?

**Life Lesson **: If you have done the right things and don't stop trying you will get what you want, Perseverance is the key.

Total companies : 19
Selected : 7
Rejected : 10
Dropped Off: 2

Months I interviewed in these 18 companies : 3 months

About me when I was giving the interview:
Pos : SDE 2
Company : MNC,I have worked for Fanng as well
EXP: 3
Comp: 16 LPA

I am adding the company in the order I gave interview with results.

Companies:

Google | Amazon | Microsoft | Atlassian | Expedia | Nykaa | OLA | AJIO | Cars 24 | ULA | Athena Health | Agoda | Grab | Sprinkler | Invideo | Uber | Adobe | Avalara

Sprinkler: Rejected in OA
ULA: Rejected in OA
Cars 24: Rejected in Round 3
Athena Health: Rejected in Round 2
Nykaa: Selected - CTC - 27LPA
Agoda: Rejected in Round 1[I cleared the round but they needed someone who is a pro in SQL, I have not used SQL for last 2 years, so got rejected]
Uber: Rejected in Round 3
AJIO : Selected - CTC - 32 LPA.
Avalara : Rejected in Round 3.
Adobe : Rejected after giving all the rounds, as all positions were full as per the HR.
Expedia: Selected - 33 LPA
Microsoft: Selected - 38 LPA
Indeed: Rejected Round 2
Invideo : Dropped after Round 2 as they cannot match salary
OLA: Selected - CTC - 29 LPA
Google: Rejected I gave all the rounds HR said I got 3 YES 1 NO and 1 Maybe my paper got rejected by the panel in team matching face.
Amazon: Selected - CTC - 50 LPA
Atlassian Selected - CTC - 60 LPA
GRAB - Dropped Off

I was metally so tired and drained of preparing, giving so many interview, plus my current job had on-calls, feature development + festive sale [E commerce] to support so I had to drop out of Grab.

In these 3 months I had more rejections than selection but I am happy that I was capable of facing all the rejections and still continue without loosing hope.

This post may help someone get motivated by my journey.
It's just about not giving up.

PS: Few points I wanted to mention before I end this.

1. I have seen lots and lots of article on how to prepare for interviews so I didn't add one more to the herd. I believe many have written great suggetions and roadmap which can be googled.

2. You might think I am lying about my Prev company thanks to low compensation as I said I have worked for FAANG as well. Though I was In Faang in 2018 but not all Faang gave good offers to all the freshers who joined. I was from TIER-3 so companies had the freedom to BOB down the candidate. I have faced it irrespective of how good I performed. Though now things are improving.

3. As you see I have given interview in 18 companies and I have shared the questions separately some places as comments some as posts. I won't be able to tag it here as I have lost track of those.

4. I have not paid for any course.

Thank you.