I’m in my 40s, I have had dozens of interviews. My non rejection rate from application (via a local recruiter) -> phone screen -> in person interview is close to zero. Not because I am a special snowflake, but I’ve built up a network of coworkers, former managers, and local trusted recruiters.

I have never in my life had anything approaching a hard algorithm coding interview and I didn’t know such a thing existed until three years ago after being on HN and reading r/cscareerquestions.

I’m a standard enterprise dev living in Atlanta. Pre-Covid, the job market has usually been good for me since 2000 when I got my second job after leaving my first job I got based on an internship.

There were even jobs/contracts available between 2008-2011

I think I am above average soft skill interviewer FWIW.