The whole hiring process is a nightmare for both parties.
Two things I've learned about hiring / interviews: it's both very difficult and imprecise.
Process is more like dating than laboratory science; a race to establish rapport (a combination of comfort and trust). To get hired you must sufficiently possess an arbitrary blend of credentials and testing/interview performance.
Whatever it takes to make the hiring manager comfortable and trusting. Some want 10x-ers only, are soothed by strong technical chops/coding test performance, others select for culture and ability to learn. YMMV as selection criteria based on job description, sector, company stage, weather/etc.
This is why personal referrals are so powerful: trust is established MUCH faster, other flaws will be overlooked.
Two things I've learned about hiring / interviews: it's both very difficult and imprecise.
Process is more like dating than laboratory science; a race to establish rapport (a combination of comfort and trust). To get hired you must sufficiently possess an arbitrary blend of credentials and testing/interview performance.
Whatever it takes to make the hiring manager comfortable and trusting. Some want 10x-ers only, are soothed by strong technical chops/coding test performance, others select for culture and ability to learn. YMMV as selection criteria based on job description, sector, company stage, weather/etc.
This is why personal referrals are so powerful: trust is established MUCH faster, other flaws will be overlooked.