[eanthy]

I have experienced exactly the same and have faced a lot of recruitment nonsense over the years. In my opinion it's all a numbers game, some interviews I absolutely smash both the tech and hr part, others I fail miserably even on easy questions because of various circumstances.

Some companies (for example Apple) won't even give you any hr interview they just call and say "let's go through some tech questions" and some guy starts asking you everything you've learnt in uni over 30mins. Others ask you to do a project at home and present it to them. Most commonly they send you a hackerrank which even if you smash there is always the chance you won't hear from them.

Last bit brings me to my next point, recruiters don't see you as anything more than a resource and will change their mind at any point during the process. Recently I had a call with a company's HR they were super impressed and wanted to invite me in for face-to-face and said they will inform me their availability asap... well that was 3 weeks ago and haven't heard back.

My advice is don't get discouraged or believe anything a recruiter tells you. Once I asked for a very reasonable salary for my experience and the recruiter got pissed off telling me even seniors don't make this in their company. Well guess what the next recruiter that called I got offered position for this exact money I asked for with no questions asked.

Just keep applying and slowly improve your problem solving skills and eventually you will land the right position. Most Interviews are extremely unrealistic anyway and even if you fail it doesn't mean anything about your skills, just means they found someone who would work for them for less money... Keep trying and best of luck!