[meestaahjoshee]

you sound like a great engineer and mind, there's no reason to think you couldn't pass these bars.

try again - there's randomness and variance to the interview process.

most FAANG engineers did not get in on their first tries and without even more prep a second time around most likely.

and even then you might just be unlucky and get a bad interviewer who won't hire you for any arbitrary reason.

[throwaway49494]

Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately I'm not sure the stress is worth it. Also, it's not like I'm getting bombarded by FAANG recruiters anymore (where did they all go?), and I'm not going to submit my CV to a "black hole"...