[giantg2]

"In my experience, it doesn't matter what skills or experience you have in tech, it is only your interviewing skills that count in the getting-a-new-gig game."

This has been the opposite of my experience.

I tend to interview very well... at least in the past. My confidence is shit now. I had mediocre skills then (deteriorated now). But I had a wealth of situations to pull from when they wanted me to tell them about certain times in my career. The code screens always killed me because I bounced between tech and teams too much to become a true expert. Now, this was at midlevel positions, not the higher level stuff the OP is looking at. I would hope the code screens are less of an issue for them. I'm fucked though.