[kosherbeefcake]

This is probably me just screaming into the void, but I'll provide my experience anyway.

I've found the entire "finding a new job" / interviewing process to be an incredibly alienating process. It truly brings me despair.

I've been working in IT for my entire professional career. I've worked as an analyst, project manager, and I'm currently a developer. I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a phenomenal developer, but I think my "Jack of all Trades" experience provides me with interesting insight. I'm more than the sum of my parts, I have a college degree in something completely unrelated to computers, I've started my own business, I love electronics and 3D printing. I'm attempting to leave my current company of 5+ years, and whether it's the "We only hire the best and brightest" mantra or something else, this experience has been miserable.

I've been asked to do push-ups in an interview, I've been ghosted multiple times, in a variety of places in the interview process. I've gotten berated on the phone by interviewers.

After the last volley of rejections, I've been looking inward whether IT is even really for me. Apparently the economy is doing great, and hiring is up, but that has simply not been my experience.

[noxToken]

I'm interested about your entire interview experience, but I really would like more info about this bit:

>I've been asked to do push-ups in an interview

What?

[kosherbeefcake]

It was what it sounds like; I was interviewing for a project manager role at a IT security company. The lead PM in the middle of her interview questions said "Drop down and give me five push-ups." I didn't think it was that strange, so I did it, but everyone I told about that experience thought it was incredibly strange. Her reasoning was that it showed that I was willing to follow orders, or something.

[JMTQp8lwXL]

Have you considered trying to get up to speed on Leetcode to accept what hiring's become today? The whole process is admittedly a dog and pony show, but just a few weeks of committing yourself to this type of problem solving could get you out of your situation.

[lazyant]

> I've been asked to do push-ups in an interview

INAL but this sounds illegal in many jurisdictions.