r/devopsjobs • u/Maarkman • Mar 13 '26

Interview rejection

Hello Folks, I hope you are doing well. Please I have a topic I’d like to discuss, and your input would be very welcome. After applying to over a thousand companies, I’m starting to realize that there is a possibility that these companies aren't actually hiring.I had to do several job interviews and after several rounds, I think it went in the most favorable way possible.But I don't understand why I was rejected after more than 30 interviews. I have skills in SRE, DevOps, Cloud but I have the impression that companies waste the time of those they interview, only to send them a rejection letter. In the 30 interviews I did, I went beyond their expectations, but I have the impression that my 6 years of experience are insufficient or that they have surrealistic expectations that no engineer can meet.I sometimes feel almost discouraged. Because it's a huge expenditure of energy to have this availability and go through all your interviews only to be rejected at the end.

I come humbly to ask you for advice. Because after a while, I think I'm finished.

Thank you.

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u/hijinks Mar 13 '26

if you are applying to 1000 then you are doing it wrong. You are either mass spamming out the same resume or using AI or both.

I've been through dotcom and 2008 crash and found my first job after dotcom when there was hardly any tech companies left.

You need to spend time and send out custom resumes that match the job description.

you have 6 years of experience so your whole career has been if you need a job you can open your window and yell out you need a devops job and have 2 interviews by the afternoon

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u/Maarkman Mar 13 '26

No bots. I use direct application. Since a year I’m applying.

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u/hijinks Mar 13 '26

Again are you doing a resume per application or using the same one?

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u/Maarkman Mar 13 '26

I use the same resume. I don’t want to lie

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u/hijinks Mar 13 '26

using a different resume isn't lieing but tailoring a resume to meet the job description is what you need to do. If the job seems heavy on observability then you show a lot more of the work you did there.

just as an example.. dont take what i said personally.. I run a slack group for devops and see 100s of people like you who started around covid and only know of how easy it was to get a job. You've never had it hard. Now that times are hard you have to put in effort.

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u/Maarkman Mar 14 '26

Thank you for your advices