Ask HN: What to do when you're denied to every New Grad position?

What do I get interviews for? 2+ years of experience and startup positions. What's so bad about that? These companies try to pay you the lowest, while trying to get you to do everything.

One example of a current company I'm interviewing with:

Retail company making at least $1 billion. Associate Developer. I have an interview with the hiring manager, and I have to somehow convince him that I'm the right choice for a $40k position that requires 2 years of experience in Hoboken, NJ (that's about 10 minutes away from NYC, for your information).

What else is aggravating? One day it's ASP.NET interview, next day it's NodeJS interview, next day it's database + C# interview, then back to developing an API in NodeJS, then Ruby, then Python. These aren't even new grad positions. How in the hell am I supposed to know everything? Practically no one asks algorithm or data structure questions.

Finally, sometimes I even pass HackerRanks, but those end up being rejections, and sometimes companies don't even pay for airplane + hotel, so I don't go because I can't afford.

Even though it sucks to get rejected, try to see these experiences in a positive light: at least you got some practice interviewing, got some more insight regarding what companies are looking for, etc.

I'm _relatively_ newly grad too (graduated on Jan/2016) and I obviously don't have all that experience we see in job postings. So I try to learn some stuff on the side.

The NodeJS hype train is pretty big right now, so this is an example of a technology you could learn on the side.

> sometimes companies don't even pay for airplane + hotel

Yeah, this sucks. Been there. I'd say borrow some money from people close to you if you have a good feeling about the interview.

Also, have you considered applying for one of the big 4? If you know somebody who works there, ask them to give you a recommendation. This is a good way to increase your chances of getting an interview. These companies generally pay for your trip. And since you are fresh out of college your algorithms + data structures knowledge should be pretty fresh, this might give you a hand.

Desperation reeks....so you want to get far away from this.

For one moment put aside the technical aspects and focus on your confidence, communication and the message you send when in an interview.

Watch Amy Cuddy's TED talk on Power posing. Do that before all your interviews! It works for me.

Focus on building a relationship with your interviewers. So that means small talk and asking how are you? How do you find working for this company? etc.