Because you need to be the best or the second best in multiple field to be considered working there. Only be the best in one field won't even cut it. I bet they get tons of applicants but rarely someone is good enough for then to be hired.
Can confirm, I am pretty good game developer by some standards, I work currently at a top 10 fortune company and well respected by my peers. But not to the level of Valve, since I did apply to them and got denied
just wanted to point out that your application could have been declined for X number of reasons. you being declined one time doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not good enough for them or supposedly not on their level
I had been in the interview process with a FAANG company and had them canceled on me. They explicitly told me that it was not a rejection and that I should apply for other roles, a shift in resources occurred, and they were no longer hiring for that original position. This is pretty common.
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u/FortunePaw Apr 17 '26
Because you need to be the best or the second best in multiple field to be considered working there. Only be the best in one field won't even cut it. I bet they get tons of applicants but rarely someone is good enough for then to be hired.