I have an impression, the more senior you are the harder is to get hired by companies testing how good you remember some intricate [implementation] details from your CS courses.

Not to mention people who are self-taught...

Thanks for answering. As much as I'd love to work there, I already applied but after going all the way to on-site interviews, I wasn't hired.

My mistake as I applied to SRE and probably I should have gone for Software Developer instead, but too late for that now.

It has to be London, a pity as I read fantastic things about Red-Gate :)

They would probably let you reapply for the different position. You should try.

I asked and they said "try in 1.5 years" so... maybe then :)

Why it is too late? You mean they might have blacklisted you?

I hope not! Just that I already did and failed :(

Bummer, sorry to hear.

nah, no worries, in a sense it was good. I noticed areas I need to improve and I'm happy to get to the on-site interview. If I got to that step I probably will be more confident with other interview processes.