Imposter Syndrome Convinced Me My Microsoft Interview Was a Scam

Here’s what happened. I got approached by a recruiter a while ago and everything was moving along as usual. He set up an initial interview to chat about the role and my qualifications- a routine recruiter phone call, you know the drill. During the call, he kept mentioning this “client” that he was filling this role for but no name was mentioned at the earlier stages. It’s not uncommon to have the company’s name hidden at the job posting or initial stages of recruitment, especially with large companies that would rather filter out the applications, so I didn’t find it particularly odd or unusual. A few days later, I got an email about a technical interview with the hiring manager and that was the first mention of the client’s name: Microsoft. At first glance, I was undoubtedly shocked. So of course, <a href="https://medium.com/mind-cafe/5-types-of-imposter-syndrome-and-how-to-avoid-them-6059cae41099" rel="noopener">imposter syndrome</a> kicked in right away and I immediately convinced myself that this was a scam. <blockquote> How could it be real?! I’m not good enough to work with one of the largest IT companies! What are the chances that a recruiter for one of the biggest tech companies in the world would reach out to ME?! Close to zero. No, definitely ZERO! </blockquote> <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/imposter-syndrome-convinced-me-my-microsoft-interview-was-a-scam-353d9464c5a5">Click Here</a>