Finally got placed in Cisco after so many rejections
My college mostly gets 4-5 big companies and I was really hoping to get placed in one of them. I gave my ServiceNow interview where I failed in the HR round. I was literally one of the top candidates there but I didn't have enough development knowledge at the time, I was in my 3rd yr. After that there were like 8-9 companies which came but I couldn't get selected in any of them, I wasn't able to clear the OA for any of those companies. After so many rejections, I honestly started losing hope. Then came the Cisco OA which I wasn't even interested in writing cuz the selection rate was so low, but somehow I cleared it. Then there were 3 rounds, I did very bad in round 1 and many got rejected. I didn't get any response from the interviewer about round 2 and thought it was over again, but after 5-6 hrs I got a call for round 2. The guy was very nice and we really had a great convo, it felt more like a discussion than an interview. The HR round was basically discussions about compensation stuff and finally, after all those rejections and disappointments, the verdict came. GOT SELECTED AT CISCO!! Honestly feels unreal, especially after everything that happened. Sometimes things really do work out when you least expect them to.