[bradlys]

I see myself in this - I ended up getting past a lot of it. Mostly just required repeated success - which came from hundreds and hundreds of hours of studying, dozens of mock interviews, and hundreds of real interviews. I'm better now but by no means the best. After all - where I live (SFBA) - people live and breathe this stuff. A lot of the time because they enjoy it... It indexes on very certain personalities.

[raydev]

Yeah this is the shitty part of it.

I did eventually find success. But that took years of not just grinding LC, but so many failed interviews. And nearly $1k on mock interviews and books.

It's clear these companies are selecting for a very particular type of person, even if other types are just as capable of actually meeting/exceeding expectations once they've secured the job.

But I can't argue with the money so I put my body through hell to get there.

[bradlys]

> But I can't argue with the money so I put my body through hell to get there.

lol - truth. Sadly - my wife became my ex-wife over it. She wanted the $3m house but without the husband having to grind for it. :( (Of course - she didn't work)

[joelbluminator]

What was the most helpful thing u did? mock interviews? books?