[rg111]

> When you're freelancing you're essentially interviewing for your job every single minute you're in front of or have an active project with the client.

There is one significant difference. In this perpetual interview, you have access to the internet and can find factual answers from there.

The problem solving part is what makes someone a good engineer/scientist. Not knowing particular algorithms, or knowing formulas (in case of DL jobs).

Interviews focus on the wrong things.

I am okay with the perpetual interview as long as I don't have to rote memorize a bunch of stuff like some poor middle-schoolers in 1970s communist country.

I threw away many recruiters who even mentioned technical interviews. I am doing more than okay financially and career-wise, btw.

This might change in the future just as a step to do something I want to do. I will hate all the interview, HR initiation, onboarding, etc. forever.