[inconceivable]

no offense, but thinking you're going to be able to plan for this is a fallacy that stereotypical faang types easily fall into. there isn't going to be a grade, there is no application and acceptance process for actual success (admission into incubators is not success), and you're probably going to fail. but more directly to your question, every single person/company you interview with after a failure is going to view it differently. it's completely outside of your control or foresight.

but you should do it anyway because living with no regret is no way to be.