Feedback I Didn’t Expect — But Probably Needed

Recently, I went through an interview process that challenged me more mentally than I expected. Not because I failed technical questions or completely bombed conversations. Actually, walking out of several rounds, I felt confident. The discussions were engaging, the technical reasoning felt solid, and the architectural conversations felt especially strong. I genuinely believed I had communicated the depth of experience I’ve built working on enterprise ETL systems, distributed event pipelines, an