Rejections while a senior engineer

Sounds very familiar. Although I've been hired in the past by a place with a 1-of-1000 hiring sieve, the whole process is so arduous and demoralizing that I no longer bother.

Instead I just take jobs that are easier to get. Yes, the pay is lower, and I'm pretty under-utilized. But I have better things to do with my life than practice leetcode hours each day.