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How to Not Feel Like Crap Facing Rejections from Data Science Interviews
Based on my 7-month job hunting experience
2020 was probably the worst year for job hunting, especially as a new grad. Being in the same job-hunting pool with many experienced talents competing for limited job opportunities has been a nightmare for me. Luckily, after 7 months of constant job hunting, I finally got an offer I am super excited about and satisfied with. I want to thank myself for always having the strength to put myself together, even facing the rejections over and over again. How to deal with failures is the most important lesson I have learned from 2020. In this article, I want to discuss my job-searching experience, hoping to give some useful advice for current stressful job-hunting candidates.
Back in August 2020, I was evacuated from my apartment due to the California wildfires. During the evacuation, I got a phone call from the company's recruiter I had interviewed for over a month. She called to tell me I have failed the onsite interviews, and I could barely control my sadness during the phone call. I couldn’t help crying out loud when my boyfriend took me to get a boba milk tea from a city 20 minutes away, and I found the milk tea taste like crap. I can still remember the complex feelings I had back then. They include the doubts about myself…
