Thank you for taking the time to reply!
Unfortunately, when it comes to online applications, there is never a reason given beyond "We appreciate your application but we have decided to go with a different applicant."
As for interviews, I did a few technical interviews last year and discovered my data structures and algorithms knowledge was a little weak. I did spend some time practicing leetcode questions to shore up my knowledge in that area.
This year, I haven't managed to make it past phone interviews where my lack of (specifically) work related technical experience was brought up every time. I was told several times that my work experience, educational background and hobby projects (like homelabbing) were impressive, but did not make up for the lack of previous software development experience.
I did manage to do _some_ programming in my current job (writing queries for parsing security logs, shell scripts for processing plain text data, etc...) and I've tried to emphasize these acomplishments on my resume. I was also recently promoted to global team lead, and I believe there will be some more oppertunities to work on technical problems so I will keep this in mind for the future!
Unfortunately, when it comes to online applications, there is never a reason given beyond "We appreciate your application but we have decided to go with a different applicant."
As for interviews, I did a few technical interviews last year and discovered my data structures and algorithms knowledge was a little weak. I did spend some time practicing leetcode questions to shore up my knowledge in that area.
This year, I haven't managed to make it past phone interviews where my lack of (specifically) work related technical experience was brought up every time. I was told several times that my work experience, educational background and hobby projects (like homelabbing) were impressive, but did not make up for the lack of previous software development experience.
I did manage to do _some_ programming in my current job (writing queries for parsing security logs, shell scripts for processing plain text data, etc...) and I've tried to emphasize these acomplishments on my resume. I was also recently promoted to global team lead, and I believe there will be some more oppertunities to work on technical problems so I will keep this in mind for the future!