Not Senior Enough: An Inside Look at My Technical Interview

In my previous <a href="https://medium.com/@dmmoody/navigating-the-evolving-tech-employment-landscape-frustrations-in-the-interviewing-journey-455c2748720c" rel="noopener">story</a>, I shared the frustrations and challenges of reentering the tech job market amidst a sea of uncertainties and fierce competition. From falling salaries to the overwhelming number of applicants and ghosting recruiters, the journey had been anything but smooth. Today, I delve into a specific experience that left me both perplexed and disheartened — a technical interview that seemed to embody the very essence of ambiguity and subjectivity. It’s a tale of obscure requirements, a multitude of potential solutions, and the application of a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach to conquer it. But despite navigating this intricate puzzle with precision, the outcome was not what I expected: ‘Sorry, you did not get the job because you are not senior enough.’ Join me as I unravel this perplexing interview and its implications for the ever-evolving landscape of tech employment. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*6zWXZILZW4PPIraH" style="height:468px; width:700px" /> Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@cdr6934?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Ried</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Unsplash</a> <h1>The Tailor-made Opportunity</h1> While searching for job openings on LinkedIn, I stumbled upon a position that seemed tailor-made for me. The company was in need of a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in Ruby on Rails. Interestingly, this company, despite its large size, had a small, independent team that was separate from the main technology department. They had acquired a smaller company and decided to maintain the Ruby and Ruby on Rails codebase for this particular software product, while the rest of the company predominantly used Java and Python for their various other projects. <a href="https://medium.com/@dmmoody/not-senior-enough-an-inside-look-at-my-technical-interview-3d827a09674a">Website</a>